She intends to assert her identity by rebelling on her community. She revolted against whatever is societal and restricted, therefore she loses her social liberation. The novel certainly helps to set a new agenda for black women’s social and narrative possibilities. Sula opens up new literally and critical option not only for the study of the text by African-American women but for African-American literary study more generally. Devika Rani observes that Sula is different from other controlled black women in her society in that she "challenges the social norms that deny a woman her individual rights" (p.90) She is presented as a very daring and adventurous character who plainly defies the restrictions imposed on her individuality and breaks all links of blood and human relationships in her search to confirm her selfhood.
Therefore Morrison attempts to show the individuality of an African-American woman struggling for identity. She rejects the traditional norms ascribed to women in society. Sula, the central figure of the novel, is a black woman who suffers at hands of whites and blacks. Morrison’s Sula focuses on the individuality of the black woman. The black women in Morrison's Sula (1973) are different from submissive and easy- controlled black women who are oppressed by the black community in general and the white males in particular. HERMENEUTICS OF BLACK FEMALE MASCULINITY IN TONI MORRISON'S SULA Keywords: Selfhood, rebellion, black feminism, discrimination. This paper records the fortunes of black women in different matriarchal environments inside black society.
Morrison's women contradict the stereotypes of black women in African American fiction. They work to create their selfhood and identity through rejection of the conventional gender roles, which women play in the community.
In their resistance, they act more like men than women. Women in this novel reconstruct their selfhood through rebelling on social norms and traditions. This paper portrays female masculinity and the position of black women in Toni Morrison's Sula (1973). Palabras clave: Individualidad, rebelión, feminismo negro, discriminación. Este artículo registra la suerte de las mujeres negras en diferentes entornos matriarcales dentro de la sociedad negra. Las mujeres de Morrison contradicen los estereotipos de las mujeres negras en la ficción afroamericana. En su resistencia, actúan más como hombres que como mujeres, trabajan para crear su propia identidad a través del rechazo de los roles de género convencionales que desempeñan las mujeres en la comunidad. Las mujeres en esta novela reconstruyen su identidad a través de la rebelión de las normas y tradiciones sociales. Este artículo retrata la masculinidad femenina y la posición de las mujeres negras en la Sula de Toni Morrison (1973).
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