The story "Like a Winding Sheet" and this clip demonstrate the theme The black woman's body a site of release. Johnson is a black man in the 1940's working in a factory surrounded by women, when most men are out fighting the war, while Ike is a singer/manager in the 1960-1970. What both these men have in common are the stress of their jobs and everyone else around them. On top of being upset and stressed out by the rest of the world but they feel as though their wives are mocking them as well. A person can only take so much ridicule before they blow up. Striking their wives allowed them to release all of the built up anger they felt inside.
Friday, February 7, 2014
The Black woman's Body a site of release
The story "Like a Winding Sheet" and this clip demonstrate the theme The black woman's body a site of release. Johnson is a black man in the 1940's working in a factory surrounded by women, when most men are out fighting the war, while Ike is a singer/manager in the 1960-1970. What both these men have in common are the stress of their jobs and everyone else around them. On top of being upset and stressed out by the rest of the world but they feel as though their wives are mocking them as well. A person can only take so much ridicule before they blow up. Striking their wives allowed them to release all of the built up anger they felt inside.
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I agree that this video clip is a great comparison to the end of the story "Like a Winding Sheet." In addition to the video clip and the story being a representation of the theme "the black woman's body as a site of release," I would like to add a statement I made in class in regards to "the black man" physically abusing "the black woman." In the case of both examples, I suggested that Johnson and Ike abused their wife's rather than retaliating against the "true source of their anger" simply because they understood that there would not be any consequences to suffer. On the other hand, the men knew if they chose to strike back at the origin/root of their anger they would have a great price to pay.
ReplyDeleteThis clip was a very good comparison to the "Winding Sheet" because in both pieces the women pushed their significant others over the edge, by saying the inappropriate thing. Neither of the husbands were right to put there hands on their hands on their wives, but they knew that there would not be any consequences for such actions. Well Done.
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