<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper discusses the great African American woman novelist Toni Morrison and her novel <underline>Sula</underline>. This work is an expression of Morrison's concern for the degradation of women in society. It is about two female protagonists who have been born and brought up according to norms and an environment of gender, sex and love that shape their personalities. The female protagonists Sula and Nel represent two different opinions and attitudes toward gender roles, sex and love. Nel follows the conventional norms of society; while Sula throughout her life rejects the traditional notions of feminine ‘responsibility’ and refuses to see women as only wives and mothers. This paper also explains how these norms and environment of gender, sex and love destroy the relationship between not only men and women but also women themselves.</p></abstract>

The present paper discusses the great African American woman novelist Toni Morrison and her novel Sula. This work is an expression of Morrison's concern for the degradation of women in society. It is about two female protagonists who have been born and brought up according to norms and an environment of gender, sex and love that shape their personalities. The female protagonists Sula and Nel represent two different opinions and attitudes toward gender roles, sex and love. Nel follows the conventional norms of society; while Sula throughout her life rejects the traditional notions of feminine ‘responsibility’ and refuses to see women as only wives and mothers. This paper also explains how these norms and environment of gender, sex and love destroy the relationship between not only men and women but also women themselves.

Norms And Environment Of Gender, Sex, And Love: Black Female Protagonists In Toni Morrison's <italic>Sula</italic>

KCE Society's M. J. College, Jalgaon, India

Adarsh College of Arts, Nijampur-Jaitane, Tal-Sakri, Dist-Dhule, India

Gender Studies

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Norms And Environment Of Gender, Sex, And Love: Black Female Protagonists In Toni Morrison's 

The present paper discusses the great African American woman novelist Toni Morrison and her novel Sula. This work is an expression of Morrison's concern for...

Norms And Environment Of Gender, Sex, And Love: Black Female Protagonists In Toni Morrison's Sula

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 80 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0006

Keywords
black, environment, gender, love, norms, oppression, sex, woman

© BHUPENDRA NANDLAL KESUR et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Norms And Environment Of Gender, Sex, And Love: Black Female Protagonists In Toni Morrison's Sula

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 80 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0006

Keywordsblack, environment, gender, love, norms, oppression, sex, woman

© BHUPENDRA NANDLAL KESUR et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
black, environment, gender, love, norms, oppression, sex, woman