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Phantom Love

Affective Politics of Love in Toni Morrison's Love

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ID4520043
AuthorsP Kiguwa (0000-0001-7480-2397, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue1-2
Pages33-48
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen's studies quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0732-1562 • E-ISSN: 1934-1520
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/wsq.2022.0003
OpenAlexW4224132510
LanguageEN
Citations received1

Toni Morrison's novel Love invites us to consider structuring systems in how Black women embody and practice love for each other. What is the affective quality of healing love between Black women? What happens when the social and psychic structuring of this love are implicated in patriarchal, racializing, and classed systems of relating? The paper engages two primary concerns: (1) how the erasure and distortion of Black women's love is made possible when love's backdrop consists of anti-Black, capitalist, and racist systems and histories, and (2) why Black women's reclamation of love for each other is necessary to a project of healing and community building

Philosophy of love · Political science · Politics · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices

  • Love as Method

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,33
Citation span2023 - 2023 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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