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Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God
Help the Child explores the integral role of what Kobi Kambon has
called the "conscious African family" in developing commercial
success stories such as those of Morrison's protagonist, Bride.
Initially, Bride's accomplishments are an extension of a
superficial "cult of celebrity" which inhabits and undermines the
development of meaningful interpersonal relationships until a
significant literal and metaphorical journey helps her redefine
success by facilitating the building of community and family.
The Postcolonial Subject in Transit presents in-depth analyses of
the complex transitional migratory identities evident in emerging
African diasporic writings. It provides insights into the hybridity
of the migrant experience, where the migrant struggles to negotiate
new cultural spaces. It shows that while some migrants successfully
adapt and integrate into new Western locales, others exist at the
margins unable to fully negotiate cultural difference. The diaspora
becomes a space for opportunities and economic mobility, as well as
alienation and uncertainties. This illuminates the heterogeneity of
the African diasporic narrative; expanding the dialogue of the
diaspora, from one of simply loss and melancholia to
self-realization and empowerment.
Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God
Help the Child explores the integral role of what Kobi Kambon has
called the “conscious African family” in developing commercial
success stories such as those of Morrison’s protagonist, Bride.
Initially, Bride’s accomplishments are an extension of a
superficial “cult of celebrity” which inhabits and undermines
the development of meaningful interpersonal relationships until a
significant literal and metaphorical journey helps her redefine
success by facilitating the building of community and family.
The Postcolonial Subject in Transit presents in-depth analyses of
the complex transitional migratory identities evident in emerging
African diasporic writings. It provides insights into the hybridity
of the migrant experience, where the migrant struggles to negotiate
new cultural spaces. It shows that while some migrants successfully
adapt and integrate into new Western locales, others exist at the
margins unable to fully negotiate cultural difference. The diaspora
becomes a space for opportunities and economic mobility, as well as
alienation and uncertainties. This illuminates the heterogeneity of
the African diasporic narrative; expanding the dialogue of the
diaspora, from one of simply loss and melancholia to
self-realization and empowerment.
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