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Alice Walker's early story, Everyday Use, has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that African Americans inherited from their maternal ancestors changed the way we define art, women's culture, and African American lives. By putting African American women's voices at the center of the narrative for the first time, Everyday Use anticipated the focus of an entire generation of black women writers. This casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Walker's life, an authoritative text of Everyday Use and of In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, an interview with Walker, six critical essays, and a bibliography. The contributors are Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Thadious M. Davis, Margot Anne Kelley, John O'Brien, Elaine Showalter, and Mary Helen Washington.Product Identifiers
PublisherRutgers University Press
ISBN-139780813520766
eBay Product ID (ePID)95674924
Product Key Features
Publication Year1994
SubjectZoology
Number of Pages229 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEveryday Use
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlice Walker
FormatPaperback
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorAlice Walker