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학술지 구분 국제학술지
저서명 Capitalism as Religion in Bambara´s "The Lesson"
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참여구분 단독저자
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학술지명 The Explicator
발행처 Taylor Francis
게재일 2024-05-31
본문(링크) https://academic.naver.com/article.naver?doc_id=1016854562
초록 Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson” (1972) depicts the journey of eight Black children from their poor neighborhood to the famous toy store F.A.O. Schwarz, on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Reflecting Bambara’s upbringing in Harlem, the group’s trip to Fifth Avenue exposes how economic inequities are entan gled with race in American society. The contrast with their poor neighborhood— "slum"—in downtown Manhattan implies the hidden physical divide between Black and white, as well as (and frequently overlapping) poor and rich. The most obviously shocking realization for the children navigating the upscale commercial district is the relative value of money and the capitalist forces that take over the traditional role of religion. The field trip thus turns into a cap italist pilgrimage, with the children visiting the commercially sacred place and experiencing the power of money as replacing a Christian God.
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