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thejt33 's review for:
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
by Toni Morrison
If I had any critique it would just be that this book is short and there's so much more to say on this subject. However, as that is not really a critique, I have none.
A lot of what's in this book has been taken up in more depth since 1992 and so in that ways its familiarity is a sign of its prescience. I think this is an important book for those who think they can segregate out Black studies from everything else. As if you don't need to understand African Americans to be able to comment on America. Morrison quickly dispatches with that.
It would be interesting to see how Morrison might have taken up more progressive attempts of white authors to depict Black life. Does she think it's possible? Are these three particularly telling examples, or are they representative of the norm? Is there a point at which this American Africaness becomes less prevalent? Again, not critiques, just some of the places one can go from here.
Overall, I doubt have much to say. It's a fairly straightforward argument borne out by 3 case studies and an important contribution to literary studies and beyond.
A lot of what's in this book has been taken up in more depth since 1992 and so in that ways its familiarity is a sign of its prescience. I think this is an important book for those who think they can segregate out Black studies from everything else. As if you don't need to understand African Americans to be able to comment on America. Morrison quickly dispatches with that.
It would be interesting to see how Morrison might have taken up more progressive attempts of white authors to depict Black life. Does she think it's possible? Are these three particularly telling examples, or are they representative of the norm? Is there a point at which this American Africaness becomes less prevalent? Again, not critiques, just some of the places one can go from here.
Overall, I doubt have much to say. It's a fairly straightforward argument borne out by 3 case studies and an important contribution to literary studies and beyond.