BROWN GIRLS BROWNSTONES
Paule Marshall writes about the social issues, the aspects and standards of lack persons living in America.
Novels written in 1959 and it explores the black immigrants search for identity in American society.
The novel wrote against the stereotypes of the black race and it was a milestone for African-American Fiction.
Race and gender are discussed simultaneously as she speaks out against racism and presents her female character as being different form the stereotype
The novel centres on Selina who suffers a traumatic childhood through to womanhood and has her psyche damaged by comparing herself to the white ideology of what makes a teenage girl beautiful. She feels inadequate because she does not math up to the definition of white elegance
She also faces an internal struggle due to the fact that both her parents have differing ideologies.
The title ‘Brownstones’ refers to the milieu in which the central characters live. The novel begins in 1939 and it opens with the last white residence leaving the brownstones and selling/renting to the Barbadian community .
The house, the acquiring of such and the attitude towards the house defined the characters. The house therefore becomes a central symbol in the novel.
The title of the novel signal the life of Selina the brown juxtaposes the girl is synonymous to the racial and gender issues at work in the novel. Placing the brownstones next to the girl browngirl emphasises the importance of personal development and individuality.
The marshalls description of the brownstones is very telling and suggested “under the thick ivy each house had something distinctively its own these brownstones appear as if they were one house even though individuality is there.” But the novel also suggests that theses brownstones all share the same tragic fate. They are all draped in ivy as though mourning”
The novel is divided into four books. Book 1 entitled A Long Day and A long Night; it sets up the basic tension between n
Novels written in 1959 and it explores the black immigrants search for identity in American society.
The novel wrote against the stereotypes of the black race and it was a milestone for African-American Fiction.
Race and gender are discussed simultaneously as she speaks out against racism and presents her female character as being different form the stereotype
The novel centres on Selina who suffers a traumatic childhood through to womanhood and has her psyche damaged by comparing herself to the white ideology of what makes a teenage girl beautiful. She feels inadequate because she does not math up to the definition of white elegance
She also faces an internal struggle due to the fact that both her parents have differing ideologies.
The title ‘Brownstones’ refers to the milieu in which the central characters live. The novel begins in 1939 and it opens with the last white residence leaving the brownstones and selling/renting to the Barbadian community .
The house, the acquiring of such and the attitude towards the house defined the characters. The house therefore becomes a central symbol in the novel.
The title of the novel signal the life of Selina the brown juxtaposes the girl is synonymous to the racial and gender issues at work in the novel. Placing the brownstones next to the girl browngirl emphasises the importance of personal development and individuality.
The marshalls description of the brownstones is very telling and suggested “under the thick ivy each house had something distinctively its own these brownstones appear as if they were one house even though individuality is there.” But the novel also suggests that theses brownstones all share the same tragic fate. They are all draped in ivy as though mourning”
The novel is divided into four books. Book 1 entitled A Long Day and A long Night; it sets up the basic tension between n