thejadedhippy 's review for:

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

3.0

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A foundational text in Whiteness Studies, parts of this book appeal primarily to the literary critic while other parts are clearly useful for anyone who investigates stories or representations of any kind. Most directly she is trying to excavate the invisibilized African/African American presence in some of the "great literature" of the United States. These texts seem to be about white people but are also, unavoidably, about black people as well. A great primer for understanding the way in which metaphor and other symbolic representation of Whiteness is about so much more than just white people.