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From: Journal of Narrative Technique[(essay date fall 1986) In the following essay, Tavormina analyzes the parallels between clothing and the perception of the characters in The Color Purple, noting how Walker's characters use sewing to create a sense of...
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From: Midwest Quarterly[(essay date spring 1997) In the following essay, Hankinson discusses how the development of Celie's religious beliefs in The Color Purple are instrumental in and indicative of her spiritual growth.] Alice Walker's The...
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From: CLA Journal[(essay date December 1994) In the following essay, Korenman assesses the representation of black nationalism as a threat to the matrilineal heritage of the African diaspora in America, examining Walker's "Everyday Use,"...
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From: Southern Quarterly[(essay date fall 2008) In the following essay, Piacentino discusses the ideas of family and homecoming in Walker's short story "Kindred Spirits."] One of the most endearing scenes in contemporary southern literature...
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From: The African American Short Story, 1970-1990: A Collection of Critical Essays[(essay date 1993) In the following essay, Borgmeier offers a close reading of the short story “Everyday Use,” focusing on the tale’s “restrained” quality, Walker’s characterization of maternal figures, and her use of...
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From: Studies in Short Fiction[(essay date spring 1996) In the following essay, Cowart demonstrates how "Everyday Use" reflects the cultural and literary status of minority writers, connecting the central character's attempts to attain autonomy with...
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From: Studies in Short Fiction[(essay date spring 1998) In the following essay, Farrell challenges the prevailing critical interpretation of the character Dee in "Everyday Use," validating her views on her African American heritage and her strategy...
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From:Short Stories for Students[Piedmont-Marton is a professor of English and the coordinator of the writing center at the University of Texas at Austin. In the following essay, she discusses the quilting metaphor in “Everyday Use.”] Alice Walker's...
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From: Explicator[(essay date spring 2003) In the following essay, Gruesser explores the meaning of animal imagery in the setting, characterization, and themes of "Everyday Use."] Images of animals and references to animal husbandry...
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From: Southern Folklore[(essay date 1993) In the following essay, Estes examines the politics of African American folk medicine portrayed in "Strong Horse Tea," focusing on the behavior and motives of the story's elderly healer.] In...
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From: American Studies in Scandinavia[(essay date 1999) In the following essay, Hoel analyzes Walker's choice of African and Arab character names in the short story "Everyday Use."] The short story "Everyday Use"1 is central in Alice Walker's writing,...
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From:Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. 35, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMost readers of Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use," published in her 1973 collection, In Love and Trouble, agree that the point of the story is to show, as Nancy Tuten argues, a mother's "awakening to one...
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From:Papers on Language & Literature (Vol. 48, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIn his report following the battle for Ben Tre during the Vietnam War, Peter Arnett quotes an American officer as saying, "'It became necessary to destroy the town to save it'" (256). The statement was quickly used by...
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From:Shenandoah (Vol. 60, Issue 1-2)At the opening of "Beyond the Peacock: The Reconstruction of Flannery O'Connor," in the collection of essays In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, Alice Walker points out that in 1952 she and O'Connor lived "within minutes...
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From:The Comparatist (Vol. 37) Peer-ReviewedAfter publishing his study of Racine in 1963, Roland Barthes came under fire for what many critics of the French literary establishment saw as a misreading of the iconic dramatist. One particularly hostile member of the...
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From:Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. 33, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAlice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" examines the issue of how African Americans become separated from what culturally defines them. The main character's intelligence blinds her to the importance of ordinary objects...