Subaltern Children in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison literary scene of American Literature. The burden of history, the devastating effects of race, gender or class on an individual and particularly on a woman in white, male-dominated American society constitute his thematic concerns. Morrison, in his very first novel, The Bluest Eye (1970), examines the debilitating effects of race, class, and gender on three preteen African-American girls, Pecola, Claudia, and Frieda, in 1940s Ohio . Dominant white culture and cultural products once again emphasize the “difference” of black people from the (white) norm, succeed in alienating them and instilling in them a deep sense of inferiority and self-hatred. Furthermore, this legacy of self-alienation in one's own country and privileging of everything white conditions black parents who, in turn, make their children understand the insecurity that can traumatize the most vulnerable part of American society, black children. The superstructures of the race. in the United States, inform, distort, and complicate the identities of the marginalized based on gender, class, and family structure. In fact, a kind of national colonialism, exercised by the respective national elitists, silences and exploits subaltern women and emasculates men. This repression from above disrupts respective family structures in societies, traumatizes children and blurs relationships between all family members. While some subordinate children may survive disastrous experiences, others may be traumatized and silenced. The representation bears witness to these traumatic silences and the processes of silencing. In The Mod...... middle of article ......logical state of the subaltern for the dominant group as it relentlessly imposes its values on the marginalized and traumatizes them. Works CitedBjork, Patrick Bryce. The novels of Toni Morrison: the search for oneself and one's place within the community. New York: Peter Lang, 1994. Print. Morrison, Tony. The bluest eye. New York: Vintage Intl., 2007. Print. Mutalik-Desai, AA, comp. and ed. Indian Perspectives on American Literature. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1998. Print. Prasad, Murari. “Articulating the Marginal: The Writings of Arundhati Roy.” Arundhati Roy: Critical Perspectives. Ed Prasad, Murari. Delhi: Pencraft International, 2006.Print.Swain, SP and Sarbajit Das. “The Alienated Self: In Search of Space in Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Sula.” Modern American Literature. Ed. Rajeshwar Mitta Palli and Claudio Gorlier. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007. 89-97. Print.

Essay / Subaltern Children in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison literary scene of American Literature. The burden of history, the devastating effects of race, gender or class on an individual and particularly on a woman in white, male-dominated American society constitute his thematic concerns. Morrison, in his very first novel, The Bluest Eye (1970), examines the debilitating effects of race, class, and gender on three preteen African-American girls, Pecola, Claudia, and Frieda, in 1940s Ohio . Dominant white culture and cultural products once again emphasize the “difference” of black people from the (white) norm, succeed in alienating them and instilling in them a deep sense of inferiority and self-hatred. Furthermore, this legacy of self-alienation in one's own country and privileging of everything white conditions black parents who, in turn, make their children understand the insecurity that can traumatize the most vulnerable part of American society, black children. The superstructures of the race. in the United States, inform, distort, and complicate the identities of the marginalized based on gender, class, and family structure. In fact, a kind of national colonialism, exercised by the respective national elitists, silences and exploits subaltern women and emasculates men. This repression from above disrupts respective family structures in societies, traumatizes children and blurs relationships between all family members. While some subordinate children may survive disastrous experiences, others may be traumatized and silenced. The representation bears witness to these traumatic silences and the processes of silencing. In The Mod...... middle of article ......logical state of the subaltern for the dominant group as it relentlessly imposes its values on the marginalized and traumatizes them. Works CitedBjork, Patrick Bryce. The novels of Toni Morrison: the search for oneself and one's place within the community. New York: Peter Lang, 1994. Print. Morrison, Tony. The bluest eye. New York: Vintage Intl., 2007. Print. Mutalik-Desai, AA, comp. and ed. Indian Perspectives on American Literature. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1998. Print. Prasad, Murari. “Articulating the Marginal: The Writings of Arundhati Roy.” Arundhati Roy: Critical Perspectives. Ed Prasad, Murari. Delhi: Pencraft International, 2006.Print.Swain, SP and Sarbajit Das. “The Alienated Self: In Search of Space in Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Sula.” Modern American Literature. Ed. Rajeshwar Mitta Palli and Claudio Gorlier. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007. 89-97. Print.

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