Lotus, Georgia
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Lotus, Georgia is the small, segregated rural Southern town that serves as the haunting hometown setting in Toni Morrison’s novel "Home."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lotus, Georgia canonical | 2 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional town
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literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Home ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
rural town
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segregated town ⓘ small town ⓘ |
| economicCondition | economically deprived ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere |
haunting
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insular ⓘ oppressive ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | Toni Morrison’s fictionalized American South ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American South
NERFINISHED
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Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
hometown of Cee Money
ⓘ
hometown of Frank Money ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Home (2012 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
destination of Frank Money’s return journey
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origin of protagonists’ childhood experiences ⓘ site of Cee Money’s convalescence and healing ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
patriarchal norms
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racially segregated community ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
burdened concept of home
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historical violence of Jim Crow South ⓘ possibility of communal healing ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
community and kinship
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homecoming ⓘ poverty ⓘ racism in the American South ⓘ segregation ⓘ trauma and memory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Toni Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.