الفهرس 
Dismantling the master{u2019}s House
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Abstract
This study tackles Lucille Clifton{u2019}s rereading of classical, biblical, and cultural mythologies and history as modes of cultural resistance and healing. The study makes use of a feminist approach and some of postcolonial tools of resistance and empowerment including Bill Ashcroft{u2019}s ”postcolonial transformation” and ”interpolation”, Homi Bhabha{u2019}s ”colonial ambivalence” and ”third space”, and Bell Hooks’s ”oppositional gaze” in order to explore the depth of the relationship between mythology and history since both of them have a great influence on reshaping Clifton{u2019}s mentality. The study also attempt to analyze the ways Clifton skillfully interweaves the mythical and historical discourses to examine the stereotypical representations of black men and women, challenge the prevailing images and notions of race, and reinterpret the personal and collective history. One of the main aims of the study is to show how Clifton uses White myths to deconstruct the power structure of the American society through a process of foregrounding and marginalizing, moving her race gradually from the margin to the center, thus using the master{u2019}s tools of marginalizing the 2other3 to dismantle the master{u2019}s house