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The Image of God in the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrisson
Indiana State University

The Fourth Face: The Image of God in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye Author(s): Allen Alexander Source: African American Review, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Summer, 1998), pp. 293-303 Published by: Indiana State University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3042126 Accessed: 31/08/2009 18:16
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