Women as Seen by Women: A Study of African-American Women Writers
Sethi, Navneet
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Book ID : 19356
ISBN-10 : 81-7510-146-6 / 8175101466
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2003
Edition :
Language :
xiii, 132p., Bib., Index, 21 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Preface; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Black women as victims: exploring the nature of violence; 3. The outcast in the community: a different kind of presence; 4. Images of wives: the (un) settled marriage; 5. Woman as nurturer: changing perceptions of motherhood; 6. The individual as questor: search for connections; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
DESCRIPTION
The study analyses the portrayal of women by African-American women writers from a universalist perspective. They study shows that the complex nature of an African-American woman's experience is highlighted satisfactorily through a universalist approach.
A comparative analysis is made of the portrayal of women by two contemporary African-American women writers, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. The parallels and contrasts in their individual visions of African-American experience emphasise the possibility of multiple responses by African-American women writers. Alice Walker's ;womanist' orientations are reflected in her rendering of black woman's experience. Toni Morrison, in contrast, see experience of an African-American woman as more than a conflict against males or whites. Her portrayal tries to grasp and recreate the ambivalence within a black woman's experience.
The study emphasises that a close reading of their works can reveal significant parallels and contrasts in Walker's and Morrison's vision of African-American woman's experience.
