{"product_id":"toni-morrison-lucille-p-fultz-9780252028236","title":"Toni Morrison: Playing with Difference","description":"In 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFultz's holistic, thematic approach to her subject enables her to move deftly among the novels and stories, building a nuanced understanding of how markers of difference influence Morrison's narrative decisions. She examines Morrison's facility with imagery and wordplay and discusses the ways in which Morrison contends with the expectations of gender and race that have stiffened into traditions--or worse, prejudices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscussing the issues that unite and divide characters, Fultz views each novel, from \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e (1970) to \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), along with stories such as \"Recitatif,\" as parts of an elaborate and dynamic whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucille P. Fultz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252028236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252028236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.36w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 1078","brand":"Lucille P. Fultz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072607318271,"sku":"9780252028236","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b609ebe2-c958-48ce-bba1-cfd4f88d8681.jpg?v=1685442983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toni-morrison-lucille-p-fultz-9780252028236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}