How people dress – their bodies, their communities, their houses – mattered a great deal to the Nobel prize winner
“The beginning begins with the shoes. When a child I am never able to abide being barefoot and always beg for shoes, anybody’s shoes, even on the hottest days. My mother, a minha mãe, is angry at what she says are my prettify ways.”
This is how readers are introduced to Florens, an enslaved girl with tender feet in A Mercy, Toni Morrison’s ninth novel. How people dress – their bodies, their communities, their houses – mattered a great deal to Morrison, which is evident in the way she focused on how her characters presented themselves to others.
Continue reading… How people dress – their bodies, their communities, their houses – mattered a great deal to the Nobel prize winner“The beginning begins with the shoes. When a child I am never able to abide being barefoot and always beg for shoes, anybody’s shoes, even on the hottest days. My mother, a minha mãe, is angry at what she says are my prettify ways.”This is how readers are introduced to Florens, an enslaved girl with tender feet in A Mercy, Toni Morrison’s ninth novel. How people dress – their bodies, their communities, their houses – mattered a great deal to Morrison, which is evident in the way she focused on how her characters presented themselves to others. Continue reading… Toni Morrison, Women, Race, Fashion, US news, Books, Slavery, Gender, Culture, Life and style, Society
