The Resource The origin of others, Toni Morrison ; with a foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The origin of others, Toni Morrison ; with a foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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- Summary
- America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison takes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin of Others. In her search for answers, the novelist considers her own memories as well as history, politics, and especially literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and Camara Laye are among the authors she examines. Readers of Morrison's fiction will welcome her discussions of some of her most celebrated books--Beloved, Paradise, and A Mercy. If we learn racism by example, then literature plays an important part in the history of race in America, both negatively and positively. Morrison writes about nineteenth-century literary efforts to romance slavery, contrasting them with the scientific racism of Samuel Cartwright and the banal diaries of the plantation overseer and slaveholder Thomas Thistlewood. She looks at configurations of blackness, notions of racial purity, and the ways in which literature employs skin color to reveal character or drive narrative. Expanding the scope of her concern, she also addresses globalization and the mass movement of peoples in this century. National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a foreword to Morrison's most personal work of nonfiction to date
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 114 pages
- Contents
-
- Foreword
- by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Romancing slavery
- Being or becoming the stranger
- Color fetish
- Configurations of blackness
- Narrating the other
- The foreigner's home
- Isbn
- 9780674976450
- Label
- The origin of others
- Title
- The origin of others
- Statement of responsibility
- Toni Morrison ; with a foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- African American authors
- African American authors -- Biography
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Altérité dans la littérature
- Appartenance (Psychologie sociale) -- États-Unis
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, Black
- Authors, Black -- United States -- Biography
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- Belonging (Social psychology) -- United States
- Biographies
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- Black people in literature
- Creative nonfiction
- Creative nonfiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Critiques littéraires
- Equality
- Equality -- United States -- History
- Essais fictionnels
- History
- Identity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- United States
- Identité (Psychologie) -- États-Unis
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | African American
- Literary criticism
- Literary criticism
- Literature, Modern
- Literature, Modern -- History and criticism
- Morrison, Toni
- Morrison, Toni
- Noirs américains dans la littérature
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Personnes noires dans la littérature
- Race dans la littérature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race relations
- Racism against Black people
- Racism against Black people -- United States -- History
- Racism in literature
- Racism in literature
- Racisme dans la littérature
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History
- Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Écrivains noirs -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Écrivains noirs américains -- Biographies
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales | Histoire
- Black people in literature
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison takes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin of Others. In her search for answers, the novelist considers her own memories as well as history, politics, and especially literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and Camara Laye are among the authors she examines. Readers of Morrison's fiction will welcome her discussions of some of her most celebrated books--Beloved, Paradise, and A Mercy. If we learn racism by example, then literature plays an important part in the history of race in America, both negatively and positively. Morrison writes about nineteenth-century literary efforts to romance slavery, contrasting them with the scientific racism of Samuel Cartwright and the banal diaries of the plantation overseer and slaveholder Thomas Thistlewood. She looks at configurations of blackness, notions of racial purity, and the ways in which literature employs skin color to reveal character or drive narrative. Expanding the scope of her concern, she also addresses globalization and the mass movement of peoples in this century. National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a foreword to Morrison's most personal work of nonfiction to date
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morrison, Toni
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi
- Series statement
- Charles Eliot Norton lectures
- Series volume
- 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Morrison, Toni
- Morrison, Toni
- African Americans in literature
- Black people in literature
- Race in literature
- Racism in literature
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Racism against Black people
- Literature, Modern
- Identity (Psychology)
- Equality
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- United States
- Authors, Black
- African American authors
- Authors, American
- Noirs américains dans la littérature
- Personnes noires dans la littérature
- Race dans la littérature
- Racisme dans la littérature
- Altérité dans la littérature
- Identité (Psychologie)
- Appartenance (Psychologie sociale)
- États-Unis
- Écrivains noirs
- Écrivains noirs américains
- Écrivains américains
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Racism against Black people
- African American authors
- African Americans in literature
- Authors, American
- Authors, Black
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- Black people in literature
- Equality
- Identity (Psychology)
- Literature, Modern
- Race in literature
- Race relations
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Racism in literature
- United States
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- Race in literature
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- The origin of others, Toni Morrison ; with a foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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- Contents
-
- Foreword
- by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Romancing slavery
- Being or becoming the stranger
- Color fetish
- Configurations of blackness
- Narrating the other
- The foreigner's home
- Control code
- 981983578
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 114 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674976450
- Lccn
- 2017019077
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- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
- Other control number
- 99977934267
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- (OCoLC)981983578
- Label
- The origin of others, Toni Morrison ; with a foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Foreword
- by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Romancing slavery
- Being or becoming the stranger
- Color fetish
- Configurations of blackness
- Narrating the other
- The foreigner's home
- Control code
- 981983578
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 114 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674976450
- Lccn
- 2017019077
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
- Other control number
- 99977934267
- System control number
- (OCoLC)981983578
Subject
- 1900-1999
- African American authors
- African American authors -- Biography
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Altérité dans la littérature
- Appartenance (Psychologie sociale) -- États-Unis
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, Black
- Authors, Black -- United States -- Biography
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- Belonging (Social psychology) -- United States
- Biographies
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- Black people in literature
- Creative nonfiction
- Creative nonfiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Critiques littéraires
- Equality
- Equality -- United States -- History
- Essais fictionnels
- History
- Identity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- United States
- Identité (Psychologie) -- États-Unis
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | African American
- Literary criticism
- Literary criticism
- Literature, Modern
- Literature, Modern -- History and criticism
- Morrison, Toni
- Morrison, Toni
- Noirs américains dans la littérature
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Personnes noires dans la littérature
- Race dans la littérature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race relations
- Racism against Black people
- Racism against Black people -- United States -- History
- Racism in literature
- Racism in literature
- Racisme dans la littérature
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History
- Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Écrivains noirs -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Écrivains noirs américains -- Biographies
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales | Histoire
- Black people in literature
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
Genre
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Critiques littéraires
- Essais fictionnels
- History
- Creative nonfiction
- Biography
- Biographies
- Literary criticism
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