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

Published Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations, portraits Series Social issues in literature Social issues in literature. 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 Summary Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of author, Alice Walker Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157) and index Notes Print version record Subject Walker, Alice, 1944- Color purple. SUBJECT Color purple (Walker, Alice) fast Subject African American women in literature. American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism African American women in literature American literature -- African American authors American literature -- Women authors Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938- editor. ISBN 9780737760149 0737760141

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