Embarking on a Journey of Self-Possession. Women and Slavery in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"


Bachelorarbeit, 2012

38 Seiten, Note: 1,3


Leseprobe


Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Historical Background
2.1 The Middle Passage and the Following Work Exploitation in the New World
2.2 Sexual Exploitation: Breeding and Rape

3. Dehumanization and Degradation through Sexual Abuse
3.2 Beloved’s Ambiguous Fate, and Ella and ‘the Lowest Yet’
3.3 Sethe’s Humiliation through Schoolteacher

4. Mothers and Daughters
4.1 Sethe’s Dysfunctional Relationship to Her Mother
4.2 Sethe’s Overly ‘Thick’ Love for Her Children

5. Women and the Community
5.1 Baby Suggs’s Disrupted Family and Her Importance for the Community
5.2 Sethe’s Role as Head of the Nuclear Family

6. Love and Sexuality
6.1 Slavery’s Notions of Love and Sexuality and the Male and Female Trauma
6.2 Paul D’s Significance for Sethe’s Recovery Process

7. Conclusion

8. Bibliography

Ende der Leseprobe aus 38 Seiten

Details

Titel
Embarking on a Journey of Self-Possession. Women and Slavery in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
Hochschule
Universität Mannheim  (Anglistisches Seminar)
Veranstaltung
-
Note
1,3
Autor
Jahr
2012
Seiten
38
Katalognummer
V274936
ISBN (eBook)
9783656678687
ISBN (Buch)
9783656678663
Dateigröße
745 KB
Sprache
Deutsch
Schlagworte
embarking, journey, self-possession, women, slavery, toni, morrison, beloved
Arbeit zitieren
Linda Schädler (Autor:in), 2012, Embarking on a Journey of Self-Possession. Women and Slavery in Toni Morrison's "Beloved", München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/274936

Kommentare

  • Noch keine Kommentare.
Blick ins Buch
Titel: Embarking on a Journey of Self-Possession. Women and Slavery in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"



Ihre Arbeit hochladen

Ihre Hausarbeit / Abschlussarbeit:

- Publikation als eBook und Buch
- Hohes Honorar auf die Verkäufe
- Für Sie komplett kostenlos – mit ISBN
- Es dauert nur 5 Minuten
- Jede Arbeit findet Leser

Kostenlos Autor werden