토니 모리슨 작품에 구현된 흑인 여성의 섹슈얼리티: 빌러비드와 파라다이스를 중심으로

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the problems of the sexuality of black women oppressed in slavery in Beloved by Tony Morrison and to rediscover the sexuality of black women in Paradise. Tony Morrison, who deeply reflected on the hard lives of black women, points out the problems of black women''s sexual oppression and seeks to secure the subjectivity of their sexuality. In Beloved, the body of black women in slavery is used as a tool for the reproduction of slavery and is raped. Black women''s sexuality, which allows them to enjoy all things in the world, is suppressed. As a result, they decide not to pass on the pain of slavery they experienced to their children, so they commit the terrible thing of killing their children. Through the incarnated Beloved, Sethe has a rememory, and through the love of community women and Paul D, Sethe tries to achieve self-definition. In Paradise, the rediscovery of sexuality of black women was considered. As in Beloved, black women stained with patriarchy and rape paint themselves on the basement floor, objectify their pain, talk about each other''s loud dreams, and heal their wounds little by little through a common process. In the ritual in the rain led by Consolata, black women awaken their previously insensitive senses of body and mind dance in the ecstasy of their own sexuality. (Chungnam National University)