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T1 "Funnyhouse of a Negro": rejection of Womanness and Blackness as a "Melancholic" Cry for a True Diversity in American Society
A1 Ramón García, Emilio
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología Inglesa
AB Funnyhouse highlights the struggle of Sarah whose black skin evinces a lack of identity and a lack of social placement in the dominant society. She projects her self onto various selves who punish and betray her, leading her to reject Blackness and femaleness as well, and eventually commits suicide. An example of extreme violence, it exposes the same conflicts African American women are still faced with. For Sarah, a "living dead" in Balibar's words, life becomes "worse than death or more difficult to live than death itself and her failed attempt to "fit in" can be considered, in Bhabha' s terms, another form of colonized Other. Despite the media claims that racism is over, we may be facing a new kind of discrimination which relies heavily on the manipulation of ideas. Funnyhouse is still a valid reminder of how much we still need to achieve in terms of truly appreciating diversity among us.
SN 0210-9689
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17398
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17398
LA spa
NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2011, N.32, pags.283-300
DS UVaDOC
RD 25-abr-2024