Four Criteria for Labeling Black Women and Their Community as 'Others' in Toni Morrison's Novels

Abstract

The dynamics of Black women's life, from Slavery Era to Women Rights Movement in 1980-s, highlighted by Morrison in The Bluest Eyes, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, Beloved, Jazz, Paradise, and Love is cultural expression which is in a non-exclusive territory. By applying interdisciplinary approach - integrating theories and perspectives of some disciplines, including the intersectional zone of the study of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity - to research these eight novels, it was discovered that there are four points engendering Black women regarded as 'other'. (1) Mother-centered culture practice. (2) Double lives for racism and sexim. (3) The impact of White culture invasion. (4) The struggle for building self dignity.