Black Women under Male Chauvinism in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple | ||
| مجلة کلية الآداب بقنا | ||
| Article 5, Volume 34, Issue 69, October 2025, Pages 147-186 PDF (625.3 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/qarts.2025.376484.2202 | ||
| Authors | ||
| أحمد سعيد حسين أحمد* 1; الشيماء أدهم بشير محمد2; نبيل عبد الفتّاح عبدالسلام عبدالرحيم* 3 | ||
| 1مقيد ومسجل بالدراسات العليا في قسم اللغة الإنجليزية کلية الآداب - جامعة جنوب الوادي | ||
| 2جامعة جنوب الوادي كلية الآداب - قسم اللغة الإنجليزية تخصص أدب انجليزي/ الشعر الإنجليزي | ||
| 3مدرس الأدب الإنجليزي كلية الآداب – جامعة جنوب الوادي | ||
| Abstract | ||
| 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. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| African American women; patriarchal; male chauvinism; domestic violence; sexual abuse; gender oppression; solidarity; resilience; empowerment | ||
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