Essays about: "womanism in the color purple"

Found 3 essays containing the words womanism in the color purple.

1. 1. Strength in Numbers : A Feminist Analysis of The Color Purple by Alice Walker

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Mårten Wahlström; [2021]
   Keywords : The Color Purple; Alice Walker; literature; feminism; feminist analysis; womanism; psychoanalysis;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. A Product of Womanism: Shug Avery in Alice Walker's The Color Purple

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Anna Janusiewicz; [2014]
   Keywords : Feminism Black Feminism Alice Walker The Color Purple Shug Avery Womanism;

   Abstract : 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

4. 3. The Emancipation of Celie : The Color Purple as a womanist Bildungsroman

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Sofia Sundqvist; [2006]
   Keywords : The Color Purple; womanism; Bildungsroman; womanist Bildungsroman; Celie; Sofia; Shug; pantheism;

   Abstract : The Emancipation of Celie: The Color Purple as a womanist Bildungsroman The purpose of this essay is to study The Color Purple as a Bildungsroman, focusing on the development of the protagonist, Celie. The Color Purple is related to both the traditional Bildungsroman and to the female Bildungsroman, but the essay shows that it can also be seen as a womanist Bildungsroman. READ MORE