5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy

Paula L. Moya

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Moya, Paula L.. "5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy". The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism, Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2015, pp. 133-162. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804797030-007

Moya, P. (2015). 5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy. In The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism (pp. 133-162). Redwood City: Stanford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804797030-007

Moya, P. 2015. 5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy. The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, pp. 133-162. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804797030-007

Moya, Paula L.. "5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy" In The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism, 133-162. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804797030-007

Moya P. 5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy. In: The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. Redwood City: Stanford University Press; 2015. p.133-162. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804797030-007

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Schemas and Racial Literacy 1
1. Racism Is Not Intellectual: The Dialogic Potential of Multicultural Literature 39
2. Not One and the Same Thing: The Ethical Relationship of Selves to Others in Toni Morrison’s Sula 61
3. Another Way to Be: Vestigial Schemas in Helena María Viramontes’s “The Moths” and Manuel Muñoz’s “Zigzagger” 79
4. Dismantling the Master’s House: The Search for Decolonial Love in Junot Díaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie” 109
5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy 133
Conclusion: Reading Race 163
Notes 167
Works Cited 181
Index 199

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Schemas and Racial Literacy 1
1. Racism Is Not Intellectual: The Dialogic Potential of Multicultural Literature 39
2. Not One and the Same Thing: The Ethical Relationship of Selves to Others in Toni Morrison’s Sula 61
3. Another Way to Be: Vestigial Schemas in Helena María Viramontes’s “The Moths” and Manuel Muñoz’s “Zigzagger” 79
4. Dismantling the Master’s House: The Search for Decolonial Love in Junot Díaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie” 109
5. The Misprision of Mercy: Race and Responsible Reading in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy 133
Conclusion: Reading Race 163
Notes 167
Works Cited 181
Index 199

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