Toni Morrison by Lucille P. Fultz HARDBACK 9780252028236

Toni MorrisonPLAYING with DIFFERENCE\nAuthor(s): Lucille P. Fultz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252028236, 978-0252028236\nSynopsis\nIn this innovative study, Lucille P. Fultz explores Toni Morrison's rich body of work, uncovering the interplay between differences--love and hate, masculinity and femininity, black and white, past and present, wealth and poverty--that lie at the heart of these vibrant and complex narratives. \n\nMuch has already been made of Morrison's treatment of race, but Playing with Difference demonstrates that throughout her work Morrison creates a sophisticated matrix of difference, layering a multitude of other distinctions onto the racial one and observing how these \""potencies of difference\"" play themselves out in her characters. \n\nFultz's holistic, thematic approach to her subject enables her to move deftly among the novels and stories, building a nuanced unde.