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Costello, Bonnie. “Speaking to You: Contemporary Poetry and Public Address by Natalie Pollard (review).” Modernism/modernity (Baltimore, Md.), vol. 20, no. 1, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013, pp. 149–51, doi:10.1353/mod.2013.0003.

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Sastri, Reena. “Rita Dove’s Poetic Expeditions.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 58, no. 1, 2012, pp. 90–116. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41698770. Accessed 16 Nov. 2020.

Sleigh, Tom. “Self as Self-Impersonation in American Poetry.” The Virginia Quarterly Review, vol. 82, no. 1, 2006, pp. 174–189. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26443930. Accessed 16 Nov. 2020.

JSTOR from the Hunter College library database was the main source for these Academic Journals. In addition,Google Scholar, along with the help of Hunter College Librarian Mrs/Miss Jennifer Newman and professor Jeff Allred . Special thanks goes out to these credible sources for the completion and success of this research.

How does Toni Morrison represents tensions within the black community in TBE?

Mahaffey, Paul Douglas. “The Adolescent Complexities of Race, Gender, and Class in Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye.’” Race, Gender & Class, vol. 11, no. 4, 2004, pp. 155–165. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43496824. Accessed 15 Nov. 2020.

Roye, Susmita. “TONI MORRISON’S DISRUPTED GIRLS AND THEIR DISTURBED GIRLHOODS: ‘The Bluest Eye’ and ‘A Mercy.’” Callaloo, vol. 35, no. 1, 2012, pp. 212–227., www.jstor.org/stable/41412505. Accessed 15 Nov. 2020.

Hyman, Ramona L. “PECOLA BREEDLOVE: THE SACRIFICIAL ICONOCLAST IN ‘THE BLUEST EYE.’” CLA Journal, vol. 52, no. 3, 2009, pp. 256–264. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44325476. Accessed 15 Nov. 2020.

Wallowitz, Laraine. “Chapter 9: Resisting the White Gaze: Critical Literacy and Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye.’” Counterpoints, vol. 326, 2008, pp. 151–164. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42980110. Accessed 15 Nov. 2020.

iwari, Neelu. “Decoding the Metaphor of Doll within the Larger Metaphor of White Beauty And Black Ugliness in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH: LITERATURE, LANGUAGE & SKILLS

Mohaisen, Ahmed Ghazi. “Pecola as devastated and secluded character in Toni Morrison’s novel” The Bluest Eye”.” Journal of The Iraqi University 44.1 (2019): 522-529.

First, I would like to thank the librarian because she provided us with very interesting information on how to use Hunter Library to find articles for our research. For the research process, I first logged into Hunter College libraries using my CUNY account. Next, I typed the whole question of my research project in the ONESEARCH  engine but there was no results. Then, I clicked on Advanced Search and Typed The Bluest Eye AND Black Community and i got a lot of results that were not relevant to my question. Last, I went back to Advanced Search and typed The Bluest Eye AND Black Community AND Tensions then many relevant articles were found. I mostly relied on JSTOR to find my articles. I also used Google Scholar.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I primarily used the database available on the Hunter College Library website. I also used JSTOR and Researchgate to find other articles. I looked for articles that were relevant to my research question and came from verified sources. I used various key terms to find my articles, such as oppression. These articles provide valuable information to me and I will continue to look for more relevant articles to aid my essay.

How does beauty play a role in the systematic oppression of black folk in Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eyes”.

Burcar, Lilijana. “Imploding the Racialized and Patriarchal Beauty Myth through the Critical Lens of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” Vestnik za tuje jezike 9.1 (2017): 139–158. Web.

Bump, Jerome. “Racism and Appearance in The Bluest Eye: A Template for an Ethical Emotive Criticism.” College Literature, vol. 37, no. 2, 2010, pp. 147–170. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20749587. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.

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

Muhi, Ridha. “The Quest for an Ideal Beauty in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” مجلة كلية التربية للبنات 21.2 (2019): n. pag. Print.

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

I looked through the hunter one search for my articles and found a lot on the topic of beauty in “The Bluest Eyes”. I tried to find pieces that were unique or had a lot of perspectives for me to fully be able to grasp the topic. I especially enjoyed reading about feminist theory in regards to to the oppressive government and how it correlates with race and beauty too.

Bump, Jerome. “Racism and Appearance in The Bluest Eye: A Template for an Ethical Emotive Criticism.” College Literature, vol. 37, no. 2, 2010, pp. 147–170. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20749587. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.

Long, Lisa A. “A New Midwesternism in Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye.’” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 59, no. 1, 2013, pp. 104–125. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24247112.Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.

Mahaffey, Paul Douglas. “The Adolescent Complexities of Race, Gender, and Class in Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye.’” Race, Gender & Class, vol. 11, no. 4, 2004, pp. 155–165. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43496824. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.

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

Walther, Malin LaVon. “Out of Sight: Toni Morrison’s Revision of Beauty.” Black American Literature Forum, vol. 24, no. 4, 1990, pp. 775–789. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3041802.Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.

Zebialowicz, Anna, and Marek Palasinski. “Probing Racial Dilemmas in ‘the Bluest Eye’ with the Spyglass of Psychology.” Journal of African American Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 2010, pp. 220–223. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41819247. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.

For my research, I relied primarily on the JSTOR database that I accessed through the Hunter College Library because I found it had the most diverse information available When searching on Project Muse, Gale Literature, and others I found significantly fewer resources, most of which. I had already encountered on JSTOR. I began by searching “Bluest Eye” AND Beauty to narrow my search by the term beauty and access general articles about beauty in the novel. I then added Class to my search term to access articles that related beauty with money. I also found articles about whiteness and beauty which explain societal beauty standards in a broad way to validate the concept. I then narrowed my search further to include Maureen Peal who is the example in The Bluest Eye of a light-skinned, rich, black girl who experienced differences in the beauty standards imposed on her versus Claudia, Pecola, and Pauline. Finally, I used the novel itself as a source to give in text citations of the emotions experienced by the women in this novel to give me a stepping ground to begin analyzing.