Racism and Alienation: Deconstructing the Strong Black Woman in Langston Hughes’s “Cora Unashamed”

• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: Seulgiye Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제50집 2호, 235~255쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.09.30

영문 초록

Many African American critics have taken issue with Langston Hughes’s endorsement of transracial solidarity. The authorial demand to achieve affinity amongst the social minorities whose tribulations transcend cultural boundaries provoked black nationalists. This paper seeks to reappraise Hughes’s international and transracial ideals. The paper argues that African American suffering results from the larger forces of oppression that underpin capitalist reproduction. More specifically, it identifies the suffering as a ramification of the capitalist exploitation of labor power. Based on the close analysis of “Cora Unashamed,” this paper examines how the social oppression of black people historically functioned to alienate their humanity while rendering them receptive to harsh working environments.

키워드

Langston Hughes “Cora Unashamed ” Labor Alienation Racism