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    Hegalian Master-Slave Dialectic and its Manifestation in Toni Morrison’s Novel A Mercy
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Habib Ur Rehman; FA16-REL-009; Dr.Jaleel Akhtar; LHR TP 5170
    The present research has been conducted on “Hegelian Master-Slave Dialectic and its Manifestation in Toni Morrison Novel A Mercy”. In this study, the researcher aims to look at Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic and its application and manifestation in Toni Morrison’s novel A Mercy. The master and the slave come into contact In order to be recognized by each other driven by desire or begirede. The ultimate objective of the slave is to get independence with the agency of labor. The role of the slave is to provide productive things out of raw material to please his master. Through his constant labor and hard work the true potential of the slave reveals and he strives to be independent from the chains of slavery. However, when this Hegelian dialectic of master-slave is applied on the main protagonist Florens, it was exposed that Florens could not get self-consciousness or recognition from the symbolic masters rather the treatment she received from her masters shattered her identity and divided her soul. It was also revealed that scars and traumatic experience of racism, paternalism and ingrained slavery in the society impeded Florens to get freedom and self-consciousness. Her subjectivity was taken away and she reduced to mere an object. However, the blacksmith’s rejection paved the way for her to reflect on her life journey. At this juncture she realized the catastrophic ramifications of slavery and consequences to give her in the dominion of other.
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    The New Black Aesthetics in Toni Morrison’s Fiction
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Mariam Fatima; FA16-REL-004; Dr.Jaleel Akhtar; LHR TP 5166
    The present research study has been conducted on two novels The Bluest Eye (1970) and God Help the Child (2015) written by Toni Morrison to examine the black’s artistic practices, performances and representations in the American society. Textual analysis has been employed as a research method to interpret the primary texts with the help of extra-textual knowledge in order to locate the historical configuration of black aesthetics, black identities in the U.S, black culture, African-American motherhood, personality traits and Creolization. The selected texts are contextualized into P. C. Taylor’s Black is Beautiful and Morrison’s The Origin of Others but this study goes beyond the ideas propounded by these theorists. These secondary resources merely give the impression that ‘black is beautiful’ and they have their own culture, traditions and heritage to make them a powerful nation. However, this study reveals multiple perspectives in which blacks represent their authenticity in terms of physique, culture, traditions and politics. The term ‘black aesthetics’ is concerned with African-American’ ‘ways of doing and perceiving things’. The findings of this research project significantly steers that new black is all about building new practices and life-worlds out of Old World Order to reclaim their heritage
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    Impact of Colorism on the Lives of African Americans: A Feminist Reading of God Help the Child
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Abeer Zafar; SP17-REL-003; Dr.Jaleel Akhtar; LHR TP 5320
    This research work is an analysis of the portrayal of women in the latest novel of Toni Morrison God Help the Child (2015). It mainly focuses on the impact of colorism on the lives of black women in USA. In USA colored people are consistently facing this problem. Feminist theory by bell hooks is used as theoretical frame for the study. This study has explored new aspects of feminism such as, violence against children, revolutionary parenting, sisterhood, and colorism. This research has explored that colorism is a phenomenon that is directly related to racism and it increases the difficulties for women in USA. It is also proved that all the difficulties in the life of main character are due to her black color. This research concludes that it is a collective responsibility of parents and the society to rear the children and to teach them the importance of their own values and their own-selves. Feminists need a lot of hard work to erase the wrong concept of feminism from the minds of people and instill a new concept that is “feminism is to end sexist oppression” instead of ‘feminism is to become equal with men’