The color purple /

Table of Contents: “…: (In) Visibility in Steven Spielberg's The color purple (1985) /…”
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Alice Walker and the color purple : inside a modern American classic /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to "The color purple" (04:39) -- Characters and themes (04:12) -- Walker's grandparents (04:46) -- Themes in "The color purple" (02:54) -- Alice Walker's aunts and mother (02:52) -- Walker's early childhood and family (03:23) -- Cultural traditions of black women (03:54) -- Suppressed black expression (02:34) -- Alice Walker's literary experiences (02:54) -- Walker's voice (04:20) -- Treatment of blacks (03:16) -- Entertainment for blacks (03:23) -- Film version of "The color purple" (06:26) -- Director Steven Spielberg (02:60) -- Whoopi Goldberg (02:26) -- Scenes with Celie and Shug (02:57) -- Hope and justice themes (01:49).…”
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How what you eat defines who you are : the food theme in four American women writers / by Chang, Ya-hui Irenna

Table of Contents: “…Food consumption and the troubled self in Maxine Hong Kingston's The woman warrior, Alice Walker's The color purple, Amy Tan's The joy luck club, and Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Consuming the beloved and being transformed: love triangles in Louise Erdrich's Love medicine and Alice Walker's The color purple -- Taste and collective identity in Maxine Hong Kingston's The woman warrior and Amy Tan's The joy luck club -- Food, domestic space, and gender identity in Steven Spielberg's The color purple and Wayne Wang's The joy luck club.…”