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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0313377502
ISBN-13
9780313377501
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111961892
Product Key Features
Author
Deborah G. Plant
Publication Name
Alice Walker : a Woman for Our Times
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Women Writers of Color Ser.
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Ps3573.A425z85 2017
Reviews
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." - Choice, "Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." -- Choice
Table of Content
Series Foreword by Joanne M. Braxton Acknowledgments Introduction Section I. Earth Poem: "There Are Bad Women Walking on the Planet Now" by Phyllis McEwen One I Am the Earth.... Two For Six Years I Do Not Look Up Three Everything Changed Four A Spelman Girl Five On My Own Terms Section II. Fire Poem: "A Message to Younger Sisters: Be Whole" by Phyllis McEwen Six I Would Only Be the Philosopher Seven Changing the World Eight Meridian : Coming of Age in Mississippi Nine Thought at the Meridian Ten Truth Teller, Freedom Writer Section III. Air Poem: "The Clitoris Knows When and How" by Phyllis McEwen Eleven Apologia: Honoring the Difficult Twelve Helped Are Those Who Know Thirteen A Woman of One's Own: Womanist Philosophy and Revitalization of the Sovereign Feminine Fourteen The Sacred Masculine Fifteen The Gnostic Gospel of My Father's Smile Section IV. Water Poem: "My Body Is a Farm" (For My Son) by Phyllis McEwen Sixteen Mbele Aché Seventeen Sub Rosa No Longer: Our Daughters Have Mothers Eighteen Absolute Goodness Nineteen Why War Is Never a Good Idea Twenty We Are the Ones Section V. Aether Poem: "Little Girls" by Phyllis McEwen Twenty-One The Cathedral of the Future Twenty-Two Caritas: The Greatest of These Twenty-Three Ouroboros Twenty-Four "Alice" Is Old Greek for Truth Twenty-Five Lapis Philosophorum Notes Index
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Women, Women Authors, American / African American, Cultural Heritage, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Lccn
2017-016395
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Social Science