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Everyday Use : Alice Walker by Alice Walker (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRutgers University Press
ISBN-100813520762
ISBN-139780813520766
eBay Product ID (ePID)732830
Product Key Features
Book TitleEveryday Use : Alice Walker
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAfrican American / General, General, Literary
Publication Year1994
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorAlice Walker
Book SeriesWomen Writers: Texts and Contexts Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN93-035018
Table Of ContentIntroduction - Barbara T. Christian Chronology Everyday Use - Alice Walker Background to the Story: In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens - Alice Walker For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties - Alice Walker Interview with Alice Walker - John O'Brien Critical Essays: An Essay on Alice Walker - Mary Helen Washington Alice Walker's Celebration of Self in Southern Generations - Thadious M. Davis Alice Walker: The Black Woman as an Artist - Barbara T. Christian Patches: Quilts and Community in Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use' - Houston A. Baker, Jr., and Charlotte Pierce-Baker Sisters' Choices: Quilting Aesthetics in Contemporary African-American Women's Fiction - Margot Anne Kelley Common Threads - Elaine Showalter Selected Bibliography Permissions
SynopsisAlice Walker's early story, "Everyday Use," has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that African Americans inherited from their maternal ancestors changed the way we define art, women's culture, and African American lives. By putting African American women's voices at the center of the narrative for the first time, "Everyday Use" anticipated the focus of an entire generation of black women writers. This casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Walker's life, an authoritative text of "Everyday Use" and of "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens," an interview with Walker, six critical essays, and a bibliography. The contributors are Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Thadious M. Davis, Margot Anne Kelley, John O'Brien, Elaine Showalter, and Mary Helen Washington., Alice Walker's early story "Everyday Use" has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that African Americans inherited from their maternal ancestors changed the way we defined art, women's culture, and African American lives. By putting African American women's voices at the center of the narrative for the first time, "Everyday Use" anticipated the focus of an entire generation of black women writers.
LC Classification NumberPS3573
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- 07 Jun, 2017
Excellent Author and short story
Very compelling short story and one everyone should read. Nice insight into the conflict between rural and city living as well as the contrast between modern thought and family-centered beliefs.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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