The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
A poignant coming-of-age story, this novel follows Pecola, a young black girl who prays for beauty to fit in with her peers. As her obsession grows, her life begins to unravel. Toni Morrison's debut novel explores our society's obsession with beauty and conformity while diving deep into themes of race, class, and gender with her characteristic grace and subtlety.
Publish Date
2005-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
2005-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1970
Goodreads Rating
4.11
ISBN
9780307278449
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Recommendations
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Recommendations
2022-09-06T17:22:12.000Z
I generally recommend these books as a theoretical and historical background on distinctions between "B" beauty versus "beauty" in reproducing white western philosophies of personhood. (I'm especially keen on Painter's ch. 3-5 on this topic of analytical philosophy and beauty.) – source