Lister Alice Walker - The Color Purple

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-137-12398-5
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism

Since its publication in 1982, The Color Purple has polarized critics and generated controversy while delighting many readers around the world. Rachel Lister offers a clear, stimulating and wide-ranging exploration of the critical history of Alice Walker's best-selling novel, from contemporary reviews through to twenty-first-century readings.This Reader's Guide:• opens with an overview of Walker's work• provides a detailed consideration of the conception and reception of The Color Purple• examines coverage of key critical issues and debates such as Walker's use of generic conventions, linguistic and narrative strategies, race, class, gender and sexual politics• covers the reception and cultural impact of cinematic and musical adaptations, including Steven Spielberg's 1985 film and the recent Broadway production.Lively and insightful, this is an indispensable volume for anyone studying, or simply interested in, Alice Walker and her most famous work.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lister, Rachel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements .- Introduction.- The Conception and Reception of The Color Purple.- Defining The Color Purple: Questions of Genre.- The Color Purple and The Politics of Language.- Language and Subjectivity in The Color Purple.- Reading Race in The Color Purple.- Class and Consumerism in The Color Purple.- The Color Purple: Feminist Text?.- Gender and Sexuality in The Color Purple  .- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

RACHEL LISTER is Lecturer in the Department of English Studies, University of Durham, UK.