Gender And Race In The Novels Of Toni Morrison And Alice Walker: African American Perspectives
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The paper discusses gender and race in the novels of Afro-American writers Toni Morrison Alice Walker. Both authors have added to the fullness of Black Narrative; their literature has explored the agony and ecstasy, wolfsbane from ancestor’s past. Beloved, The Bluest Eye, and Song of Solomon (by Morrison) and The Color Purple (1982), Meridian (1976), Possessing the[1] Secret of Joy attention seriously to a comprehensive examination distillation in two major components representation female role’s identity—the consequences race—embrace nature does not offer mindset that no longer clouded by male-centeredness or racism. Their reception and impact on literature, both critically as well as historically, is also considered in relation to artists helping promote awareness or representation. Accounting for these themes, the paper intends to reach for and through them in both Morrison's as well Walker 's novel (America’s Black Women: An Introduction to Literary Studies) demonstrating that recognizing gendered aspects of oppression and resistance is crucial when studying Afro-American Literature.
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