Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part K (2025)

Toni Morrison's oeuvre exemplifies Black feminist consciousness as a dynamic force of resistance against intersecting oppressions of race, gender, and class, manifesting through protagonists who navigate power struggles in pursuit of self-actualization and communal empowerment. This paper examines this theme across three seminal novels, The Bluest Eye (1970), Sula (1973), and Beloved (1987), to illustrate how Morrison reconfigures traditional narratives of victimhood into arenas of agency and reclamation. In The Bluest Eye, Pecola's tragic internalization of white beauty standards underscores the psychological erosion of Black female subjectivity, while Sula's defiant autonomy challenges patriarchal and communal norms, forging a radical feminist ethos. Beloved extends this inquiry to historical trauma, where Sethe's infanticide and communal haunting dramatize the reclamation of power through collective memory and rememory. Drawing on Black feminist theorists like Patricia Hill Collins and bell hooks, alongside Morrison's own essays, this analysis posits her works as blueprints for intersectional liberation, where consciousness emerges as both personal awakening and sociopolitical insurgency, ultimately affirming Black women's indomitable resilience.