Paths to liberation from racism and sexism in Alice Walker's the color purple
/ By Ernest Sindabagije ; Dominic Nformi Nganyu, supervisor
. - Bujumbura : University of Burundi, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of English Language and Literature, 2013
. - IV-71 f. ; 30 cm.
A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree "Licence en Langue et Littérature Anglaises".
RESUME
This work entitled "Paths to Liberation from Racism and Sexism in Alice Walker's The Color Purple" aims at analyzing how Racism and Sexism operate together in keeping African-American woman in a position of subordination. The black woman's role as a wife is made difficult in a system that dehumanizes the black people as a race. A woman is forced to suffer twice because she is an object of violence from both the Whiteman and the Blcakman. The study equally examines the various options employed by the subjugated Black American woman as a means of freeing herself from these forces of oppression. This work is then based on the hypothesis that the black American woman is a victim of racism in the public sphere and of sexism at home. It further concludes that this oppressed woman views emotional and economic empowement as pathways to freedom. This study applies Marxist Feminism approach which critically looks at sex and race as a concept that defines the political position women and men take on in the struggle against sexism and racism respectively. Our work portrays these women as lager characters, who are struggling to escape from dependence to self-independence throughout different paths as shown all along chapter three.