Unruly Narrative - Private Property, Self-Making, and Toni Morrison's 'A Mercy'

This study deals with the formative powers of modern liberal ideas of private property. The liberal subject emerged with the formations of European liberalism, Atlantic slavery, and settler colonial expansion in the New World. Toni Morrison's A Mercy is thus identified as a key literary text that generates a fundamental critique of the connections between self-making and private property at its 17^th-century scene.

About the author

Samira Spatzek, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Summary

This study deals with the formative powers of modern liberal ideas of private property. The liberal subject emerged with the formations of European liberalism, Atlantic slavery, and settler colonial expansion in the New World. Toni Morrison’s A Mercy is thus identified as a key literary text that generates a fundamental critique of the connections between self-making and private property at its 17^th-century scene.

Product details

• Authors: Samira Spatzek
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9783111631127
• ISBN: 978-3-11-163112-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 17 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 589 g
• Series: American Frictions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Miscellaneous; USA, Toni Morrison, auseinandersetzen, Literature: history & criticism, Slavery, Black Feminism, General studies, SCI000000 SCIENCE / General, Paperback Project, Afropessimism