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.
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Women's issues in Alice Walker's 'The color purple'. ISBN 9780737752700. Published by Greenhaven Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
