The Bluest Eye
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The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s debut novel, a seminal work of African American literature that explores themes of race, beauty, and identity through the tragic story of a young Black girl in 1940s Ohio.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| awarded | Ohioana Book Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| character |
Cholly Breedlove
ⓘ
Pauline Breedlove ⓘ |
| controversy | frequent book challenges in U.S. schools ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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literary fiction ⓘ tragic novel ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-03-008148-7 ⓘ |
| includedIn | American literary canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Claudia MacTeer
ⓘ
Frieda MacTeer ⓘ Pecola Breedlove ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person narration
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Claudia MacTeer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Eurocentric beauty ideals
ⓘ
exploration of Black girlhood ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Lorain, Ohio, United States
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surface form:
Lorain, Ohio
|
| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
African-American girls
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Black communities in the Midwest ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
high school curricula
ⓘ
university literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
Black identity
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assimilation ⓘ beauty standards ⓘ child abuse ⓘ colorism ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ internalized racism ⓘ poverty ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ racism ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison