Precarity and Gender Performitivity in Morrison’s Home | ||
| Anbar University Journal of Languages & Literature | ||
| Article 14, Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2019, Pages 282-297 PDF (751.39 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.37654/aujll.2022.170708 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Azhar Noori Fejer; Asst. Prof. Huda Kadhim Alwan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Precarity means the lack of social and economic networks; a considerable exposure todanger and harm. Minority groups are precariat for they lack rights and full citizenship.Precarity is related, states Judith Butler, with the individual’s performativity, and hisability to perform his gender role. Toni Morrison continually goes to past to retell thehistory of African Americans. The issues of race, gender and national identity arerecurrent in her work. Reading her book Home (2012) evokes the idea of precarity andperformativity since the two main characters, Frank and Cee are precarious charactersthat fail to perform their gender role properly, and eventually are exposed to hazard andharm. This research displays how African American people were precariat during the1950s. It traces Frank and Cee’s attempts to perform their gender roles to gainrecognizability. It shows the failure of precarious people to be recognized in the societythat denies Blacks’ rights. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| precarity; Performativity; Judith Butler; Gender; Toni Morrison; African Americans; Home | ||
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