Gender and Sexuality
Monday, April 16th, 2012
In the very beginning of this course, I mentioned that a partial reason for taking this course was because I was taking a Gender and Society course and was interested in how it would couple and/ or digress with this course. There were instances of “ah-ha’s” and some nods of familiarity throughout this course in […]
Gender and Sexuality
Tags: Black Community, Complexity, Slave Relations, Social Constructionist, Sula
Posted in April 17, Vita Xie | 1 Comment »
Construction, Power and Loss in Sula
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
I really enjoyed Tony Morrison’s Sula. It’s a unique novel in that Morrison lets the reader to a lot of work and filling in the blanks for herself. I found that both challenging and interesting especially when I was trying to recall how certain characters related to one another. Sula reminded me of Lolita in […]
Construction, Power and Loss in Sula
Tags: awareness, constructionism, Identity, loss, Morrison, Power-Relations, Sula
Posted in April 17, Whitney Porter | 1 Comment »
The Strong Women of Sula
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Sula is a gorgeous book to read, and it I am glad I had the documents and Foucault to offer additional insight. Toni Morrision does a good job portraying Sula in all her shades of gray. I found that I was slow to judge her (and the rest of the characters) because of our other […]
The Strong Women of Sula
Tags: Black Community, Erotic Woman, Good Mother, Slave Relations, Sula, Woman-Friendship
Posted in April 17, Tal Shtulsaft | 1 Comment »