Nurhayati, Ari. “Intersecting Oppression of Gender and Race in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and God Help The Child.” Litera (Yogyakarta) 18.3 (2019): 382–400. Web.

-This article discusses white supremacy in America and its place and effect in the novel. It goes on to specifically discuss how women in America especially suffer from racism and their methods of coping and surviving through this hostility and negativity. All of this is related back to women and the oppression they face within the novel.

Koch, E. “Hollywood’s Terror Industry: Idealized Beauty and The Bluest Eye.” Sanglap : journal of literary and cultural inquiry 1.1 (2014): 147–. Print.

-Koch discusses and breaks down the cultural ideal of beauty that existed in a 1940s era America and how Toni Morrison’s novel accurately displays the suffering that many Americans, especially African Americans, had to go through so that they could conform to these ideals.

Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye; a Novel. [1st ed.]. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Print.

-This is the main novel that the essay will stem from. This novel contains the main plot and the other articles that are used all discuss the situations that take place within the main story.

Muhi, Ridha. “The Quest for an Ideal Beauty in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” مجلة كلية التربية للبنات, vol. 21, no. 2, College of Education for Women, Feb. 2019.

-This text identifies how a white complexion being the standard of beauty at the time in America has affected the African American youth. The text also goes on to further dive into how this standard of beauty can destroy a person’s self-esteem and the love they have for themselves. It can also blind them from recognizing their own natural beauty.

Scott, Lynn. “Beauty, Virtue and Disciplinary Power: A Foucaldian Reading of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” Midwestern miscellany 24 (1996): 9–. Print.

-The author identifies how Toni Morrison’s work is an example of a Foucauldian theory. They further explain this by discussing the power contained by European Americans and their control and influence on society. This power can also negatively impact other demographics such as African Americans.

I continued my search for reliable information amongst the vast amount of data present on the internet. I used the Hunter College Library website, JSTOR, and Researchgate to look for more articles. Although I had found some articles that could have possibly fit into my bibliography, I was already comfortable with the current selection I had and I personally found them to be more relevant to my essay and argument after picking through them. They seem to be satisfactory in the information they provide, but my incessant research may mean I can possibly come across better or more relevant information in the future, in which case may mean an updated bibliography.

Saunders, James. “Why Losing a Tooth Matters: Shirley Jackson’s The Tooth and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” The Midwest quarterly (Pittsburg) 53.2 (2012): 193–. Print.-This article compares Shirley Jackson’s novel and Toni Morrison’s novel. They specifically discuss beauty and how our body plays a major role in portraying our “outer beauty.” They also discuss Pauline Breedlove and how the loss of her tooth has affected her self esteem and personal outlook.

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