Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157) and index
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
