ERIC Number: EJ425140
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Walker's Critique of Religion in "The Color Purple."
Mercer, Calvin
Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, v6 n1 p24-26 Sum 1989
Highlights religious themes in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," especially Celie's struggle with traditional Christianity, which here serves to reinforce oppression. Her journey toward spiritual independence reflects much of the actual religious experience of Black women in America. (DM)
Descriptors: Black Literature, Blacks, Christianity, Females, Humanism, Literary Criticism, Novels, Religion
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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