IDENTITY ERASURE IN PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE AND I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER

The purpose of this study is to examine two of Percival Everett’s satirical novels Erasure and I Am Not Sidney Poitier elaborating on the issues of racism and identity crisis. In Erasure, to criticize the stereotypical novels representing the standardized idea of blackness Monk, the author-protagoni...

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Autor principal:	Aytemis DEPCİ
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Lenguaje:	DE EN FR TR
Publicado:	Fırat University 2019
Materias:	identity racism racial stereotypes. Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:53b43ac5d8194bc682b739eb0f1edbb32021-11-24T09:21:05ZIDENTITY ERASURE IN PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE AND I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER2148-416310.9761/jasss_593https://doaj.org/article/53b43ac5d8194bc682b739eb0f1edbb32019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=1169328972_19depciaytemis_T-329-350.pdf&key=26515https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163The purpose of this study is to examine two of Percival Everett’s satirical novels Erasure and I Am Not Sidney Poitier elaborating on the issues of racism and identity crisis. In Erasure, to criticize the stereotypical novels representing the standardized idea of blackness Monk, the author-protagonist, writes a novel named Fuck under the pseudonym Stagg R. Leigh. Monk acts against his sense of self and creates a dual identity by writing that novel with the intention of satirizing the racial stereotype expectations of the publishing market. However, the irony of Fuck goes unnoticed and Monk begins to suffer from dual personalities and loses control of Stagg. In I am Not Sidney Poitier, the protagonist has no sense of self-awareness and gradually takes the characters of Poitier movies and experiences an identity crisis. The novel critiques media for its negative effects on the perception of real world and disconnecting inAytemis DEPCİFırat Universityarticleidentityracismracial stereotypes.Social SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 6, Iss 17, Pp 329-350 (2019)
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description	The purpose of this study is to examine two of Percival Everett’s satirical novels Erasure and I Am Not Sidney Poitier elaborating on the issues of racism and identity crisis. In Erasure, to criticize the stereotypical novels representing the standardized idea of blackness Monk, the author-protagonist, writes a novel named Fuck under the pseudonym Stagg R. Leigh. Monk acts against his sense of self and creates a dual identity by writing that novel with the intention of satirizing the racial stereotype expectations of the publishing market. However, the irony of Fuck goes unnoticed and Monk begins to suffer from dual personalities and loses control of Stagg. In I am Not Sidney Poitier, the protagonist has no sense of self-awareness and gradually takes the characters of Poitier movies and experiences an identity crisis. The novel critiques media for its negative effects on the perception of real world and disconnecting in
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title	IDENTITY ERASURE IN PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE AND I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER
title_short	IDENTITY ERASURE IN PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE AND I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER
title_full	IDENTITY ERASURE IN PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE AND I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER
title_fullStr	IDENTITY ERASURE IN PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE AND I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER
title_full_unstemmed	IDENTITY ERASURE IN PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE AND I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER
title_sort	identity erasure in percival everett’s erasure and i am not sidney poitier
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