Jazz music and identity construction in toni morrison’s jazz
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2024
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
Abstract
Racism is considerd to be one of the main issues in the history of the United States of America. It changed the lives of African Americans drastically as it caused them plenty of mental disorders like trauma, anxiety, depression. Among the issues that African Americans experienced as a result of Racism is Identity Crisis. This study attempts to investigate the issue of Identity in Toni Morrison’s novel Jazz. The novel depicts both male and female characters whose tramatic experiences generated by racial discrimination created fragmented people torn between their native culture and the mainstream culture. The novel depicts the characters’ internal conflict as they embark on a journey of struggle to construct their identities. Our task, in this research, is to examine the impact of Racism on the characters’ sense of self realization. The aims is to display the way the characters try to cope with the issue through music.