Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Start: Topical Index: Representations: Literary Texts: 20th Century:

Representations: Literary Texts:
ALICE WALKER

G e n e r a l   I n f o r m a t i o n

»Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.« -- More information: Wikipedia



"Advancing Luna – and Ida B. Wells" (1982)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Eagleton, Mary. »Ethical reading: The problem of Alice Walker’s ‘Advancing Luna – and Ida B. Wells’ and J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace.« Feminist Theory 2 (2001): 189-203.

[Info] McKay, Nellie V. »Alice Walker's "Advancing Luna–and Ida B. Wells": A Struggle Toward Sisterhood.« Rape and Representation. Edited by Lynn A. Higgins et al. New York 1991: 248-260.

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The Color Purple (Novel, 1982)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.« -- More information: Wikipedia


G e n e r a l   K e y w o r d s

Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century | Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | Topical Index: Types: General: Rape


B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Brigley Thompson, Zoë. »Happiness (or not) after rape: Hysterics and harpies in the media versus killjoys in black women’s fiction.« Journal of Gender Studies 26 (2017): 66-77.

[Info] Claassens, L. Juliana. »Transforming God-Language: The Metaphor of God as Abusive Spouse (Ezekiel 16) in Conversation with the Portrayal of God in The Color Purple DisgraceScriptura 113 (2014).

[Info] Cutter, Martha J. »Philomela speaks. Alice Walker’s revisioning of rape archetypes in The Color PurpleMelus 25 (2000): 161-180.

[Info] Duttry, Caitlin R.R. Embodying Autonomy: Black Women's Bodies and Self-Liberation in The Color Purple and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Honors Senior Thesis, University of New Hampshire, 2014.

[Info] Field, Robin E. Writing the Victim: Rescripting Rape in Contemporary American Fiction since 1970. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Virginia, 2006.

[Info] Froula, Christine. »The daughter’s seduction. Sexual violence and literary history.« Signs 11 (1986): 621-644.

[Info] Froula, Christine. »The daughter’s seduction. Sexual violence and literary history.« Daughters and fathers. Edited by Lynda E. Boose et al. Baltimore 1989: 111-135.

[Info] Froula, Christine. »The daughter’s seduction. Sexual violence and literary history.« Feminist theory in practice and process. Edited by Micheline R. Malson et al. Chicago 1989: 139-162.

[Info] Froula, Christine. »The daughter’s seduction. Sexual violence and literary history.« Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Edited by Harold Bloom. Philadelphia 1998: 47-68.

[Info] Lee, Toni M. Sexual Violence Against the Outsiders of Society in The Round House, Bitter in the Mouth, and The Color Purple. M.A. Thesis, East Carolina University, 2020.

[Info] Nouri, Najmeh. »Signifying Narratives: Revolting Voices in Alice Walker’s and Maya Angelou’s Narratives.« Iranian EFL Journal 8 (2012): 418-426.

[Info] Singh, Bijender. »Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Alice Walker's The Color Purple: Comparative Perspectives.« Abhinav 2 (2013): 46-51.

[Info] Zenadji, Lilia. »The Collective Unconscious and Rape Archetype in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple.« Aleph (February 12, 2021).

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Meridian (Novel, 1976)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Meridian is a 1976 novel by Alice Walker. It has been described as Walker's "meditation on the modern civil rights movement." Meridian is about Meridian Hill, a young black woman in the late 1960s who is attending college as she embraces the civil rights movement at a time when the movement becomes violent. The story follows her life into the 1970s through a relationship that ultimately fails, and her continued efforts to support the movement.« -- More information: Wikipedia


B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Barnett, Pamela E. »"Miscegenation, "Rape, and "Race"in Alice Walker's MeridianSouthern Quarterly 39 (2001): 65-81.

[Info] Barnett, Pamela E. Dangerous Desire: Literature of Sexual Freedom and Sexual Violence since the Sixties. London 2004.

II. Speaker Index

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