Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination Study Guide consists of approx. 47 pages of summaries and analysis on Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison. Browse the literature study guide below:
Toni Morrison's "Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination" is a collection of three essays written concerning race in American literature. Morrison explores the ways that literary whiteness and literary blackness are constructed in American literature as well as the ways in which this affects American literature as a whole. "Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination" explores the means by which the Africanist presence is used in American literature by different authors. (
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Preface Chapter 1: Black Matters Chapter 2: Romancing the Shadow Chapter 3: Disturbing Nurses and the Kindness of Sharks
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