Black Feminism in Toni Morrison’s Love

Abstract

The study on Toni Morrison’s Love tries to unveil the women’s position in the patriarchal society. In the novel, black females are victimized and suppressed by the society in general and by the male in particular. Bill Cosey is the dominant male character who imposed male hegemony upon the helpless women .Black feminism deals with experiences of women in the Afro- American society where female are abused sexually, physically and mentally. In the novel Love , the major female characters Heed, Christine , Junior, May, Vida and L ( the former cook of the hotel ) are victimized by the Bill Casey to whom the considered as the god when he is alive. Later, females realize their position in the society and the causes of their pathetic condition. At the beginning, Mrs. Heed and Christine fight for their position in the Cosey’s family. But after the death of the Bill Cosey, they feel their guilt and united for their right and freedom. Here, the novel Love captures the experience of black females who develops the sense of resistance after the long time suffering.