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Nefret Günlerinde Aşk: Edward P. Jones’un The Known World ve Jesmyn Ward’ın Sing, Unburied, Sing Romanlarında Irk Karışım

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 249 - 265, 30.09.2020
https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.45828

Abstract

Irklar arası evlilikler Kuzey Amerika için en başından beri bir tabu olarak görülmüştür. Bunun kökenlerini bu günlerde şahit
olduğumuz Black Lives Matter protestolarının nedenlerinde aramak doğru olabilir. Siyahlar tarihin her döneminde beyazlar
tarafından sömürülmüştür. Toprakları işgal edilmiş, zengin yer altı ve yerüstü kaynakları beyaz Avrupalıların hizmetine
sunulmuştur. Bununla da yetinmeyip bir mal gibi zengin toprak sahiplerine satılmışlar, türlü eziyetlerle hayatlarını
kaybetmişlerdir. Beyazların kölelik ve sahiplik penceresinden gördüğü siyahlarının statüsü hayvanlardan farklı değildi. Bu
nedenle iki ırk arasında gerçekleşecek bir birleşme bir günah olarak görülüyordu. Bu günah beyaz ırkın saflığının bozuluyor
olması gerekçe gösterilerek şiddetli cezalarla önlenmeye çalışılsa da iki ırk arasında birleşmeler devam ediyordu. Irk karışımını
önlemeye yönelik yasaklar inanılmaz biçimde 20. yüzyılın ikinci yarısının ortalarına kadar varlığını sürdürmeye devam
etmiştir. Özellikle Afrikan-Amerikan kökenli yazarların ürettiği edebiyatta da ırklar arası aşk ilişkilerinin sıklıkla işlendiğini
görmek mümkündür. Bu çalışmada, Edaward P. Jones tarafından yazılan Pulitzer ödüllü The Known World ve Jesmyn Ward
tarafından yazılan Amerikan Ulusal Kitap ödüllü Sing, Unburied, Sing romanlarındaki farklı ırklardan karakterlerin ırk
karışımı bağlamında karşılaştırmalı bir değerlendirmesi yapılacaktır.

References

  • Bennett, L. (1993). Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America (6th ed.). Penguin. Bercaw, N. (2013). Slavery and Emancipation. In T. C. Holt & L. B. Green (Eds.), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 24: Race (pp. 218–224). University of North Carolina Press.
  • Cuddon, J. A. (2013). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (5th ed.). Penguin Books. Edelstein, T. G. (2009). Miscegenation. In N. Bercaw & T. Ownby (Eds.), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 13: Gender (pp. 184–187). University of North Carolina Press.
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  • Gallay, A. (2006). Colonial Slavery. In C. R. Wilson (Ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 3: History (pp. 247–250). University of North Carolina Press.
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Love in the Times of Hatred: Miscegenation in The Known World by Edward P. Jones and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 249 - 265, 30.09.2020
https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.45828

Abstract

Interracial marriages have been considered taboo for North America from the very beginning. It would be appropriate to look
for the origins of this issue in the causes of the Black Lives Matter protests being held these days. Blacks have been exploited by
whites in every period of history. Their lands have been occupied and rich underground and aboveground resources have been
made available to the white Europeans. Europeans, who were not content with this, sold them to rich landowners like property
and killed them with all kinds of torture. The status of blacks, which whites see through the window of slavery and mastership,
was not different from animals. Therefore, unification between the two races was seen as a sin. Although this sin was tried to be
prevented by violent punishment so as to keep the purity of the white race, sexual intercourse continued between the two races.
Prohibitions to prevent racial mixing continued to exist unbelievably until the middle of the second half of the 20th century.
Especially in literature produced by African-American writers, it is possible to see that love relations between races are
frequently studied. In this study, a comparative analysis of the characters of different races in the Pulitzer winner The Known
World by Edward P. Jones and National Book Award winner Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward will be done in the context
of miscegenation.

References

  • Bennett, L. (1993). Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America (6th ed.). Penguin. Bercaw, N. (2013). Slavery and Emancipation. In T. C. Holt & L. B. Green (Eds.), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 24: Race (pp. 218–224). University of North Carolina Press.
  • Cuddon, J. A. (2013). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (5th ed.). Penguin Books. Edelstein, T. G. (2009). Miscegenation. In N. Bercaw & T. Ownby (Eds.), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 13: Gender (pp. 184–187). University of North Carolina Press.
  • Fremon, D. K. (2000). The Jim Crow Laws and Racism in American History. Enslow.
  • Gallay, A. (2006). Colonial Slavery. In C. R. Wilson (Ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 3: History (pp. 247–250). University of North Carolina Press.
  • Graham, M. (2004). Introduction. In M. Graham (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel (pp. 1–13).
  • Jones, E. P. (2003). The Known World. Harper Collins.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Language Studies (Other)
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Muharrem Üney

Bülent Cercis Tanrıtanır This is me

Publication Date September 30, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 8 Issue: 3

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APA Üney, M., & Tanrıtanır, B. C. (2020). Love in the Times of Hatred: Miscegenation in The Known World by Edward P. Jones and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching, 8(3), 249-265. https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.45828