Mueller, StefanieStefanieMueller2020-03-252020-03-2520142198-7920https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/3028In Toni Morrison s A Mercy, the protagonist represents both the historical and the contemporary African American author. As Mueller argues, her act of carving words into walls can be read as an act of resistance against the historical silencing of the black voice as well as politically against symbolic violence exercised through language.deA Mercyneo-slave narrativesymbolic violenceBourdieuPierre800800Standing Up To Words: Writing and Resistance in Toni Morrison s A MercyArtikel/Aufsatzurn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00103778-10