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Volume III Special Issue III March 2023
Name of Author :
Enamala Kalavathi, Dr. E S Sharmila Sigamany
Title of the paper :
Class, Race & Gender Inequalities as Represented in the Select Novels of Alice Walker and Ntozake Shange
Abstract:
The causes of the pain experienced by Afro-American women are complex, involving issues of race, class and gender. But these womens struggles continue to be underrepresented. In order to examine the complexities of gender, class, and race in these writers fiction, this article examines how Afro- American women are portrayed in the works of Alice Walker and Ntozake Shange, two Afro- American female writers. This study highlight the plight of Afro-American women, their search for potential convergence in the juxtaposed characters emancipated portrayals, injustices, violence, and inequities brought on by European colonisation. The authors highlight some of the most urgent issues of the postcolonial era, such as oppression, rape, racism, and male violence against Black women, through a blend of fiction and fact. Thematic emphasis and protagonist characterization in the chosen works show that black women can confront tyranny, only if they recognise their own strength, which can be found, for example, in the bonds of sisterhood or in the refusal to submit to terrible situations. Unquestionably, the two works, The Color Purple and Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo, both aim for the liberation of women and the expression of identity.Ntozake Shange and Alice Walker reject the heroic narrative of Western civilisation and deconstruct historical truths in order to advance a society in which there are no barriers between white and black.
Keywords :
Afro American women, Gender, Race, Liberation, Identity.
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Page Number :
203-206