Volume 8, Issue 1

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN ALICE WALKER’S POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY

Author

R. SURESH Ph.D., Research Scholar (Reg.No. 07454/Ph.D.K4/English/Full Time/April 2015/dt: 05.09.2023) Department of English, Maruthupandiyar College, Thanjavur-613403. ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7440-5286

Abstract

Black women’s struggles and racial prejudice are extensively discussed in Alice Walker’s writings. Her writings center on African Americans’ challenges, especially those of women, in the face of a violent, sexist, and racist culture. The place of women of color in history and culture is another theme in her writings. She is well-liked in the liberal political sphere because she upholds unpopular opinions out of moral conviction. She has compassion for individuals of all racial, ethnic, and sexual identities. Religion, culture, and tradition all have an excessive hold on society and human existence...

Keywords: Trauma, Marginalized, Identity, Subjugation and Oppression.

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