LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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The importance of men to the African American family.
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The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
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The importance of African religious influence in America.
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The importance of African American craftsmanship.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Walker defines a womanist as a “black feminist or feminist of color” who loves other women and/or men sexually and/or nonsexually, appreciates and prefers women’s culture, women’s emotional flexibility and women’s strength and is committed to “survival and wholeness of entire people, male and female” (Walker 1983:xi).
Detailed explanation-2: -A womanist is one who expresses a certain amount of respect for woman and their talent and abilities beyond the boundaries of race and class. “Everyday Use” can be seen as a literary representation of this concept. “Everyday Use” is a story of a mother and her two daughters-Dee and Maggie.
Detailed explanation-3: -In her public and private life, she worked to challenge racism and systemic oppression. As part of her work on such issues, she coined the term ‘Womanism’ in 1983 which intended to unite women of colour and the feminist movement at the intersection of race, class, and gender oppression.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hudson-Weems identifies further differences between womanism and feminism being; womanism is “family-oriented” and focuses on race, class, and gender, while feminism is “female-oriented” and strictly focuses on biological sex related issues women and girls face, globally.