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Since the rise of critical whiteness studies in the 1990s, scholars from different disciplines have examined how whiteness has been defined, how whites view their white identity, how the ideology and power of whiteness have been supported, and so on. Scholars in American literature have contributed to critical whiteness studies as well. For instance, in Playing in the Dark (1992), Morrison demonstrates how 19th- and early 20th-century white writers constructed whiteness in their works. In addition, she offers a critical perspective on whiteness in A Mercy. In this paper, I examine how the novel challenges whiteness applying critical whiteness theories. To be more specific, I show that Morrison deconstructs the American foundational myth by offering counter-narratives; By presenting pre-racialized slavery, Morrison historizes how racial slavery was legalized for white dominance; Through the portrayal of white double consciousness of Jacob Vaark, Morrison examines the ways in which whites join the oppressive racial system; Regarding Rebekka, she describes the performance of white femininity in maintaining the racial hierarchy. The novel reveals whiteness through black slaves, Florens and her mother as well. By picturing black racial consciousness and their oppressed life, the novel shows the ways in which whiteness construes blackness.

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I. Introduction
 II. White Violence in Colonial America
 III. White Double Consciousness
 IV. Fabrication of Blackness
 V. White Femininity
 VI. Conclusion
 Works Cited
 Abstract

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저자

• Mi Ok Sa [ 사미옥 | Chungbuk National University ]

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  미국소설 [마크 트웨인 리뷰]

• 간기

  연3회

• pISSN

  1738-5784

• 수록기간

  1991~2020

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 843 DDC 813