Beauty matters, family matters :: the experience of growing up an African-American girl

AUTOR(ES)

Ana Carolina Campos de Carvalho

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The present work focuses on the experience of the African-American girl as she grows up in Toni Morrisons "The Bluest Eye" and Maya Angelous "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". The books, both published in 1970, portray the lives of young girls as they learn what it is to be black under a solid racist regime that dictates white western society as the norm. The norm includes, necessarily, physical traits that are established as the standards for beauty. African-American girls need to deal with these standards in their self-perception and identities. The study intends to demonstrate that families play a significant role in this process of self-perception and may encourage either the acceptance of these standards or their rejection.

ASSUNTO(S)

personagens literarios teses. negros na literatura estados unidos teses morrison, toni. bluest eye crítica e interpretação teses morrison, toni. personagens negras teses familias negras estados unidos teses angelou, maya 1928- i know why the caged bird sings crítica e interpretação teses identidade social teses. meninas condições sociais teses angelou, maya 1928- personagens negras teses afro-americanos teses beleza feminina (estética) teses

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