Chapter One Introduction: Threading the Needle
1.1. Brief Review of the Critical Responses to Toni Morrison's Novels
1.2. Scanning of a Patchwork Quilt
1.3. General Introduction to Quilting Aesthetics
1.4. The Structure of This Book
Chapter Two Piecing Scraps: Textual Fragments (A)
2.1. Split Objects
2.2. Split Bodies
2.3. Split Psyches
Chapter Three Piecing Scraps: Textual Fragments (B)
3.1. Split Families
3.2. Split Communities
3.3. Split Cultures
Chapter Four Joining Blocks by Split Narratives
4.1. Narratives as Threads Stitching Block Patterns
4.2. For Voice and Isness
4.3. For Presence
4.4. For Love
Chapter Five Stitching Memories: the Block of the Past
5.1. The Block of the African Tradition
5.2. The Block of the Absent
5.3. The Block of the Silent
5.4. The Block of the Unspeakable
Chapter Six Appliqueing Tops: Language Deviation for Prominence
6.1. Lexical Deviation
6.2. Semantic Deviation
6.3 Grammatical Deviation
6.4 Graphological Deviation
Chapter Seven Binding Edges for Fusion
7.1. Fusion Embedded in Quilt Images
7.2. Fusion Implanted in Textual Fragments
7.3. Fusion Reflected in the Narratives and Plots
Chapter Eight Accomplishment of a Cultural Patchwork Quilt
8.1. Searching for Plurality
8.2. Yearning for Unity
8.3. Stuck in the Interstices
Chapter Nine Conclusion
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