IS IT ALL ABOUT MONEY? WOMEN CHARACTERS AND FAMILY BONDS IN LORRAINE HANSBERRY’S A RAISIN IN THE SUN AND TONI MORRISON’S SONG OF SOLOMON

Resumo

This paper carries out a far neglected comparative analysis between Loraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun (1959) and Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon (1977). By means of a combined feminist and black feminist critical approach we analyze how aspects of gender, race, and wealth shape the two works. As a corollary, we argue that capitalism’s wave of materialism is questioned by both women characters who struggle to foster family bonds and keep their cultural heritage alive. Through the characters of Lena and Pilate, Hansberry and Morrison delineate women characters that challenge stereotypes commonly associated with black women and emphasize the complexity of black women’s experience.

Palavras-chave: Black women writers. Materialism. Bonds.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18305/1679-5520/scripta.uniandrade.v13n2p151-163