Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times Contributor(s): Plant, Deborah G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313377502 ISBN-13: 9780313377501 Publisher: Praeger
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: August 2017 Click for more in this series: Women Writers of Color |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2017016395 |
Series: Women Writers of Color |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.23 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Review Citations: Choice 04/01/2018 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Born in Eatonton, GA, in 1944, a daughter of sharecroppers, Alice Walker has lived a remarkable and courageous life, and she continues to do so as an elder. Taking inspiration from her great-great-great-great grandmother who lived enslaved in the American South and died at age 125, Walker's activism stems from a philosophy that embraces all life and expresses itself through courageous truth-telling, a resolute stand for freedom, and radical love. Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times offers a full examination of the intellectual underpinnings of Walker's life and her oeuvre from a philosophical standpoint. This philosophical biography draws a portrait of the author that reveals the nuances of her character, clarifies the relationship between her life experiences and her lifework, and the philosophical thought that underlies both. This work will be essential reading to those interested in Black studies, women's studies, the Civil Rights and Black Arts movements, peace studies, the American South, philosophy, psychology, sociology, spirituality and New Age literature, and ecology and eco-feminism. |
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