Maud Martha

The theme of color has been spoken about in Brooks' book, Maud Martha, and is prevalent to us as a reader. Taking off on "Maud's" sense of solace and safety she receives from nature and vivid colors, I also discussed Valerie Frazier's article, "Domestic Warfare in 'Maud Martha' "and how the theme of color has now transformed itself to "Maud's" skin color. I believe that there is internal anger lurking beneath "Maud's" quiet demeanor. I used Elaine Tyler May's "containment theory" about how women are asked to be "domesticated" under the "US Patriarchy" (Frazier 134).

Furthermore, as a source of information and classroom discussion, I research "Eurocentrism" and found a website taken from the Science Encyclopedia who had written the article, "Eurocentrism-Examples, Twentieth-Century Critics of Eurocentrism, Eurocentrism, Anticolonialism, Modernity, Postcolonialism, Bibliography". Here are the "six Eurocentric beliefs":
-"Non-European societies tend to be despotic and servile, as against the West's freedom and individualism."
-"Non-European societies are Islamic, or pagan, or believe in strange religions, which are inferior to Christianity, or lacking in truth."
-"Non-European societies are cruel and lack concern for human life. They practice barbaric customs toward women, such as female genital mutilation (North Africa),widow-burning (sati, India), or foot-binding (China)."
-"Non-European societies are inflexible and unchanging. Some European thinkers attribute this to topography or climate..."
-"Non-European societies are poor, backward, underdeveloped, as opposed to the industrailized, progressive, and rich West."
-"Non-European societies lack rational modes of thinking and scientific approaches."

I found this article very interesting since "Maud" consistently referred to the color of her skin not having "Eurocentric qualities."
Do any of these "Eurocentric beliefs" apply to Maud Martha? Is "Maud's" sense of "Eurocentric beauty" different than these beliefs as stated by the Science Encylopedia article?