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IJSREM66052
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10 |
7 |
Jul 2026
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1-3
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Monthly (12 issues per year)
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Department Of English
Sri K Puttaswamy First Grade College, Mysuru
The writings of Alice Walker occupy a significant position in African American literary studies for their exploration of gender, race, and identity through the experiences of Black women. While previous scholarship has extensively examined oppression and victimhood in Walker's fiction, comparatively less attention has been paid to the relationship between female solidarity and resilient survival as interconnected mechanisms of resistance. This article investigates how Walker transforms interpersonal relationships among women into strategies of emotional recovery, social resistance, and self-realization. Employing Womanism as the theoretical framework, the study analyses selected texts including The Color Purple, Meridian, and Everyday Use. The article argues that Walker presents solidarity not merely as companionship but as a political and cultural practice that enables women to challenge systems of patriarchy and racial marginalization. Through collective support and shared memory, Walker's women reconstruct identities damaged by oppression and emerge as active agents of transformation.
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Alice Walker's literary contribution extends beyond the depiction of oppression to the articulation of survival as a communal process. Her female characters endure adversity not because they possess extraordinary powers but because they participate in networks of solidarity that nurture resilience and self-discovery. Through the principles of Womanism, Walker reimagines sisterhood as a transformative force that challenges social hierarchies and restores human dignity. Female solidarity in her fiction therefore functions not merely as emotional support but as an instrument of cultural preservation, political resistance, and collective empowerment. The continuing relevance of Walker's work lies in its affirmation that communities grounded in care and mutual recognition possess the capacity to confront injustice and create possibilities for renewal.
Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Walker, Alice. Meridian. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. Walker, Alice. "Everyday Use." In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. Collins, Patricia Hill. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment. Routledge, 2000. Christian, Barbara. Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers. Pergamon Press, 1985. Hooks, Bell. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. South End Press, 1984.
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7/14/2026
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