Telling the past - doing the truth
Toni Morrison's beloved
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4347537 |
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| Authors | Maya Hostettler (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 401-416 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612029600200120 |
| OpenAlex | W2044105121, W4254716700 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This essay challenges the concept of historical truth by arguing that history is only true within its own parameters.One of the main interests of history is to organize (evaluate) events that were important in shaping the world as it presents itself today. What history neglects to describe are the forces and interests that structure that hierarchical system that history applies when writing its text, i.e.history. Taking Toni Morrison's Beloved as an example of writing the past that sets itself apart from writing history, the essays follows a narrative that is doing the truth by giving voice to the repressed fears of a white and black world that do(es) not dare investigate the parameters of existence
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Narrative history · Psychoanalysis · Truth telling · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
| Highly cited | No |
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