Bibliograph

Women's issues in Alice Walker's The color purple, Claudia Durst Johnson, book editor

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Women's issues in Alice Walker's The color purple, Claudia Durst Johnson, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women's issues in Alice Walker's The color purple

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

658117367

Responsibility statement

Claudia Durst Johnson, book editor

Series statement

Social issues in literature

Summary

Presents a collection of essays on issues about women that are depicted in the novel and includes a short biography of the author

Table Of 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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Alice Walker's The color purple

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