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Subject(s)

• Walker, Alice 1944-—Color purple [Browse]
• African American women in literature [Browse]
• American literature—African American authors—History and criticism [Browse]
• American literature—Women authors—History and criticism [Browse]

Editor

• Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938- [Browse]

Series

• Social issues in literature [More in this series]
• Gale virtual reference library [More in this series]

Summary note

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of author, Alice Walker.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-157) and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Walker's childhood, education, and crusade for African American women / Barbara T. Christian
• Alice Walker's childhood sense of betrayal / Evelyn C. White
• Feeling like an outsider / Maria Lauret
• From being dominated to taking charge / Donna Haisty Winchell
• Being deprived of a mother's bond / Charles L. Proudfit
• The myth of the rape and silencing of Philomela informs The color purple / Martha J. Cutter
• Walker revises traditional gender roles / Mae G. Henderson
• Trading male literary traditions for female oral ones / Valerie Babb
• Walker's relationship with the African American male / Philip M. Royster
• Folk art as a means to female survival / Keith E. Byerman
• Male cruelty leads to positive changes / Henry O. Dixon
• Centering on women but ignoring race and economics / bell hooks
• The color purple is a disservice to black women / Trudier Harris
• Women achieve social change through folk art / Anne Constable
• Domestic violence retains cultural momentum worldwide / Sonya Weakley
• Conflicting feminist ideologies among black women / Patricia Hill Collins
• A black celebrity decides to make her sexual orientation known / Ari Karpel.

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ISBN

• 9780737760149 (electronic book)
• 0737760141 (electronic book)

OCLC

717150600

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