The Only Use of
parody
in
The Bluest Eye
- She, like a good Victorian parody, learned from her husband all that was worth learning—to separate herself in body, mind, and spirit from all that suggested Africa; to cultivate the habits, tastes, preferences that her absent father-in-law and foolish mother-in-law would have approved.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
a humorous, exaggerated imitation of somebody's style
or:
a very poor imitation of somebody's style
or:
a very poor imitation of somebody's style