LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 14:6 June 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
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A Searing Journey: Celie in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple

Divya Nair, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Research Scholar

Womanist Literature

Alice Walker’s sustained explorations of the disparate worlds has created an intersecting space for her literature, scholarship, and activism- a space that was best described by fellow writer- activist Toni Cade Bambara as one of “cultural work”. Among her many contributions, Walker introduced the term “womanist” into feminist vocabulary and has led fights against the sexual and genital abuse of women’s bodies. Her best-selling novel, The Color Purple (1983), is widely credited with founding a revolution in black women’s studies.

Problem of Black Women

The problem of black women’s identity is further exacerbated by their sociological position, situated as they have been among members of other communities. Black women have been the victims of prejudice and discrimination, even while they preserved many of the main tenets of their culture. The interaction of blacks with whites, far from being productive, had tragic consequences. The encounter between blacks and whites used to lead to the former’s submergence of self.

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