![]() ![]() Through presenting cutting as the result of a racialized discourse, such scenes work as a subversive commentary on these representations and the violence they do.Because of the social problem of African American mobility :fugitive slaves, freedmen, Great Migration of the 1910s and 1920s in which African Americans moved in large masses out of the South Joe Christmas’ itinerancy makes him suspicious the moment he arrives in Jefferson. On numerous occasions in Light in August,” blood is deemed responsible for human behavior. Watsonobserves that this invocation serves to handle the motivational problem of race what one’s race makes one do. By continually bringing blood to the surface of the human body, cutting in Light in August galvanizes the power of literal meaning and is a reminder of the system that puts “blood” in service of racial exploitation and violence.If blood is understood as constitutive of race, how does it do so in Light in August? Not only is blood drawn and shed throughout this tale, it is also invoked. ![]()
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