Hollywood’s Terror Industry: Idealized beauty and The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye (1970) examines the effects of 1940s American white cultural hegemony on her black characters: Claudia, Pauline, and Pecola. The dominant influence of white society, specifically white ideals of beauty, are perpetuated through film, and exemplified by such actres...
Main Author: | E C Koch |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Boibhashik
2014-07-01
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Series: | Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry |
Online Access: | http://sanglap-journal.in/index.php/sanglap/article/view/37 |
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