Essays about: "the color purple feminism"
Found 5 essays containing the words the color purple feminism.
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1. Transformative Lesbian Experiences in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple : A Look at Celie’s Development
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The Color Purple (1982) focuses on highlighting Celie’s journey throughout life as an oppressed black woman living in the South in the United States in the early 1900s. Celie is abused mentally, physically, and sexually by her stepfather Alphonso and her husband Mr. _____. READ MORE
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2. A Black woman's fight against oppression: Celie's transformation in the Color Purple
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : In the novel the Color Purple (1982), the author, Alice Walker, highlights the oppression African American women had to endure in the South, during the 1920s. It tells the story of the protagonist Celie's life, from being a sexual abused girl, to becoming an independent woman. READ MORE
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3. Strength in Numbers : A Feminist Analysis of The Color Purple by Alice Walker
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The Color Purple (1982) is a well-known feminist work of literature written by the ‘womanist’ Alice Walker. This analysis sought to analyse Walker’s novel in order to identify and discuss the criticism of patriarchal power relations in the novel. READ MORE
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4. A Product of Womanism: Shug Avery in Alice Walker's The Color Purple
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Feminism in the early 1980's in the United States revolved much around social and cultural matters such as sexual liberation, self- definition and self- realization for women. Derived from these ideas within feminism comes Alice Walker's Womanism, that is the writer's own definition of the strong and independent woman of color. READ MORE
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5. Apparent Resistance- Alice Walker´s The Color Purple as supportive of patriarchal American society
University essay from Högskolan i HalmstadAbstract : 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
