Volume III Special Issue V May 2023

Name of Author : T A Vimal Raj, Dr. N Geethanjali

Title of the paper : Articulation of Age and Gender in Alice Walkers The Color Purple

Abstract: The ageing factor for men and women are starkly different from a societal perspective. The age of marriage, workforce participation, higher education and public health point us to the data which could be segregated not merely by gender but also the way both sexes age. Ageing is not merely a physical factor, it is also a social factor. Old men and old women, in society, are not treated on par despite being the same age. The literary representation of age and gender helps us to understand the way it is articulated in a society. The paper intends to understand the way in which gender and age is inextricably articulated in the novel by Alice Walker. The first part of the study explicates the relationship between gender and age. The second part of the study investigates their articulation in the novel. The final part of the study summarises the findings.

Keywords : Gender, Age, Feminism, Articulation and Lived Experience

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Page Number : 87-89