Tony Morrison's fifth novel, Beloved (1987), explores the degradation of slavery imposed upon
slaves, even when they were owned by a "humane" slave master. The novel is set in the Reconstruction
period, the period after the American civil war. The word reconstruction may be used for the Afro-Americans,
especially for the Afro-American women who face double discrimination for being black
and women. In dealing with women's oppression, Afro-American women have to reconstruct
themselves as an act of survival, and to be aware of the horrors of the experiences which their
ancestors had to go through.

Creator(s)

• (92-020) Setefanus Suprajitno

Contributor(s)

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Publisher

Universitas Kristen Petra; 2000

Language

Indonesian

Category

jou – Journal

Sub Category

-

Source

Kata Volume 2, No. 2, December 2000: 60-64; Setefanus Suprajitno (92-020)

Subject(s)

• AMERICAN FICTION-20TH CENTURY-STUDY AND TEACHING
• MORRISON, TONI, 1931- ... BELOVED-STUDY AND TEACHING

File(s)

• jiunkpe-ns-jou-2000-92-020-2777-womanhood-resource1.pdf