The identifying fictions of Toni Morrison

Description:

"Although all published biographical sketches of Toni Morrison agree that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, this information is apparently incorrect. Using previously unknown biographical documents, John Duvall explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison's fiction and repeatedly finds surprising traces of the Nobel prize-winning author's struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Whatever the exact circumstances surrounding her decision to become Toni, one thing becomes clear: the question of identity was not a given for Morrison because she rejected her given name."--Jacket.

subjects: African American women in literature,  African Americans in literature,  Criticism and interpretation,  History,  Modernism (Literature),  Postmodernism (Literature),  Race in literature,  Women and literature,  Noires americaines dans la litterature,  Femmes et litterature,  Identita˜tsfindung,  Postmodernisme,  Critique et interpretation,  Literaturproduktion,  Histoire,  Roman,  Modernisme (Litterature),  Race dans la litterature,  Noirs americains dans la litterature,  Critique et interprétation,  Noires américaines dans la littérature,  Modernisme (Littérature),  Identitätsfindung,  Race dans la littérature,  Noirs américains dans la littérature,  Femmes et littérature

People: Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

Places: United States

Times: 20th century