Shalimar, Virginia
E466381
Shalimar, Virginia is a small rural community in the American South, notably serving as a pivotal setting in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shalimar, Virginia canonical | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional community
ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Song of Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Guitar Bains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milkman Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ the Solomon/Dead family lineage ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | African-American literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
African-American history
ⓘ
family heritage ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdByAuthor | Toni Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | post–Jim Crow American South ⓘ |
| describedAs | small rural community ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | first edition of Song of Solomon ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedToMotif |
ancestral memory
ⓘ
flight and return ⓘ oral tradition and folklore ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | pivotal setting for protagonist’s search for roots ⓘ |
| notableAsSettingOf | Song of Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Song of Solomon fictional world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | rural Southern town ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.