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The Curse of Subjugation and Need of Empowerment for African Women in the Novel Paradise by Toni Morrison
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to narrate the story of African American women from being slaves, down trodden and humiliated creatures towards their freedom, decisiveness and equality in the society. Toni Morrison fills African American women with new ambitions, aspirations and desires through her writings. Her fiction makes them conscious of their social status, honor and dignity. This descriptive study is based on John Bordley Rawls’ Theory of justice (1971) and uses Morison’s Novel Paradise (1998) as primary data. Further author’s interviews, websites and articles serve the purpose of secondary data. The research also presents the process of African American Women’s shift from darkness and otherness to enlightenment and self consciousness. The research finds out that equality of African American women in domestic or public roles may bring transformation and revolution in their social structures
Authors
Ghulam Yasin
Lecturer, Department of English, Govt. Alamdar Hussain College, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Shaukat Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Govt. Post Graduate College, Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Imran Saeed
Lecturer, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan
