Essays about: "Helen Haugness"

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  1. 1. Apparent Resistance- Alice Walker´s The Color Purple as supportive of patriarchal American society

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Helen Haugness; []
    Keywords : Alice Walker; The Color Purple; African-American; Feminism;

    Abstract : Ever since it was published in 1982, Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has been celebrated for giving African-American women a voice and for challenging patriarchal structures in society, but it has also been criticised for being stereo-typical in its portrayal of African-American men and women. In this essay I claim that the novel in fact supports patriarchal American society. READ MORE