VICTIMS OF PATRIARCHY: A STUDY OF SELECT MALE CHARACTERS IN THE FICTION OF TONI MORRISON

Abstract

Black Masculinity has always been a contentious topic in academic discussions especially with the multiple projections of the same in popular media. This fact strengthens the belief that “the Black body (continues to be) the primary site and surface for race and representation” (Jackson 1). While certain stereotypes have continued to survive since colonialism started and others found only in Black American texts, we can only conclude that ‘Blackness’ is often embedded in “a composite of other meanings, not one singular instance” (Jackson 3).