Materialism and Cultural Quest: A Study of Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon
Keywords:
Culture, Colonialism, TraditionAbstract
Culture is an illustration of history, traditions, customs, myths and values of a society. Survival of a society depends upon its affiliation with its cultural heritage and continuous development with time. Colonialism had a major impact on the culture of the colonised country. How a colonizing culture affects the native culture is studied under cultural studies. It is apt to study the role of cultural heritage and historical alienation in development of African Americans in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon (1977) with reference to theories of cultural studies.
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