Black Women under Male Chauvinism in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple

أحمد, أحمد سعيد حسين; محمد, الشيماء أدهم بشير; عبدالرحيم, نبيل عبد الفتّاح عبدالسلام

doi:10.21608/qarts.2025.376484.2202

Black Women under Male Chauvinism in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

المؤلفون

¹ مقيد ومسجل بالدراسات العليا في قسم اللغة الإنجليزية کلية الآداب - جامعة جنوب الوادي

² جامعة جنوب الوادي كلية الآداب - قسم اللغة الإنجليزية تخصص أدب انجليزي/ الشعر الإنجليزي

³ مدرس الأدب الإنجليزي كلية الآداب – جامعة جنوب الوادي

10.21608/qarts.2025.376484.2202

المستخلص

This study examines Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, focusing on the systemic oppression faced by African American women in the early twentieth century. The novel portrays male chauvinism, domestic violence, and sexual abuse as recurring themes, illustrating how women were subjugated within patriarchal and racially discriminatory structures. Celie, the protagonist, endures multiple forms of mistreatment, including incest, forced marriage, and marital abuse, which reflect the broader struggles of Black women during this period. The analysis explores how societal norms reinforced women’s subjugation through arranged marriages, limited access to education, and gender-based expectations, while also addressing the role of both men and women in perpetuating patriarchal ideologies. Furthermore, the study highlights the redemptive power of resilience, solidarity, and sisterhood as essential strategies of survival and empowerment. Through its epistolary form and symbolic use of the color purple, the novel envisions possibilities of transformation and self-discovery. Ultimately, Walker’s work stands as both a critique of systemic injustice and a celebration of Black women’s endurance, strength, and capacity for liberation.

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