Alice Walker/annotated Bibliography
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This is a comprehensive biographical sketch that places the work under study, Possessing the Secret of Joy, within the overall context of Walker's life and writing career. The brief synopsis of this novel offered in this article shows that this work carries forward Walker's focus on black women characters and the issues that affect their lives. Considering this major focus in Walker's writing, it make sense that she would address an issue as volatile and devastating as female genital mutilation, which affects the lives of so many black women in Africa and the Middle East.
Demirturk, Lale. "The Black Woman's Selfhood in Alice Walker's
Possessing the Secret of Joy." Journal of American
Studies in Turkey 2(1995): 33-36.
This source emphasizes the reasons behind Tashi's decision to undergo female genital mutilation. It is inconceivable to the Western woman's mind why anyone would voluntarily submit to this ordeal; however, this writer shows how this custom is connected in Tashi's mind to...
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