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Alice Walker’s Womanism: Perspectives Past and Present

Volume 11 (2012): Issue 1 (November 2012)

By: Aleksandra Izgarjan and Slobodanka Markov

Open Access

|Feb 2013

Abstract

The article charts the development of womanism as a movement which has presented an alternative to feminism. It advocates inclusiveness instead of exclusiveness, whether it is related to race, class or gender. Womanism provided political framework for colored women and gave them tools in their struggle with patriarchy which imposed restrictive norms and negative stereotypes on them. It also tackled the restrictiveness of feminism which was especially evident in the field of literary scholarship. Womanism is also related to new movements within feminism such as womanist theology and eco-feminism

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0047-0 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0134 | Journal ISSN: 1583-980X

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Language: English

Page range: 304 - 315

Published on: Feb 8, 2013

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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Social sciences,

Sociology, other,

Literary studies,

Literary studies, general,

Linguistics and semiotics,

Applied linguistics,

Applied linguistics, other,

Cultural studies,

Topics in cultural studies,

© 2013 Aleksandra Izgarjan, Slobodanka Markov, published by West University of Timisoara
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