Bibliograph

The origin of others, Toni Morrison, with a foreward by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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The origin of others, Toni Morrison, with a foreward by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The origin of others

Responsibility statement

Toni Morrison, with a foreward by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Series statement

Charles Eliot Norton lectures, 2016

Summary

America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison takes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin of Others. In her search for answers, the novelist considers her own memories as well as history, politics, and especially literature

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor