Moreover, this review shows that Marshall’s literary project is embedded in black cultural reconstruction it incorporates the values associated with culture, material, and spirituality. These works reveal the consequences of colonization on Blacks, inter alia acculturation, marginalization, reification, and dehumanization. In terms of advancement and contribution, these above-mentioned critical works explain the historical background of Praisesong, which is narrowly linked to slavery and transculturality. As we can see, this review of literature is not exhaustive, but it provides some valuable insights into Marshall’s novel.
Tartaglia indicates that “Marshall’s Jay and Avey Johnson embody the types of characters Morrison has in mind, whose sense of self succumbs to a misplaced value system” ( Tartaglia, 2009). Besides, in “Dressing Psychic Wounds: Clothing as Metaphor in Paule Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow and Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony”, Angela D. Through Thierno’s analysis, we discover that material alone does not satisfy Marshall’s black characters’ needs. Also, Thierno Ngom reveals that “without a good spirit, it is impossible to satisfy the body. Minto shows that “slavery and colonization (…) divided Africans physically and psychologically from their homeland and from one another” ( Minto, 1999). And through a socio-historical approach, Deonne N. Indeed, Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown focuses on the movements of Marshall’s black characters, “ reclamation and subversion” ( Billingslea-Brown, 1999).
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