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NISHIMITSU Kisho
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Publication Date | 2017/03 |
| Type | Articles |
| Peer Review | With peer review |
| Title | Disintegration in Self-image: Gaze and Blindness in Tar Baby |
| Contribution Type | Single-Authored Publication |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Volume, Issue, Pages | 21-38頁 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Details | The role of gaze is often crucial in Toni Morrison’s novels. In The Bluest Eye, for example, Pecola accepts the ugliness which others impose on her; in other words, she sees herself through the gaze of others. In Tar Baby, Morrison gives an important role to white characters for the first time. The function of them appears to be different from that in The Bluest Eye. This paper aims to reveal the role of gaze in Tar Baby, and to elucidate the motif of its counterpart, blindness. |
| ISSN | 0424-6853 |
| NAID | 120006313928 |