【目录】 Preface Chapter I "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" : Alice Walker's Activism and Writing 1.1 Striving for the Womanist Ideal 1.2 "Living by the Word" 1.3 Striving through the Word Chapter II Beyond Measure: Critical Responses to Alice Walker's Novels 2.1 Researches in the Western World 2.2 Researches in China Chapter III From Lavender to Purple: The Formation of the Womanist Theory 3.1 Womanism, and Feminism and Black Feminism 3.2 The Emergence of Womanism 3.3 Womanist Theory Chapter IV In Pursuit of Manhood and Humanity: The Transformation of the Male Images 4.1 The Limitations of the Stereotypes of Black Males 4.2 The Process of Self-improvement: Shaking off the Confines of Supremacist Patriarchy Chapter V Over the Racial and Patriarchal Hegemony: Lesbianism and Sisterhood within Black Women 5.1 Lesbianism: The Sexual Subversion of the Male Dominance 5.2 Sisterhood: The Possibility of Black Women's Autonomy Chapter VI Toward Cosmopolitanism: Humanity and Harmony in the Later Novels 6.1 The Pursuit of Harmonious Union in The Temple of My Familiar 6.2 The Humanistic Concern in By the Light of My Father's Smile 6.3 The Quest for Harmony in Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart Chapter VII Within the Black Folklore: The Common Bond between Hurston and Walker 7.1 The Literary Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction 7.2 The Linguistic Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction 7.3 The Religious Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction 7.4 The Artistic Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction Bibliography Appendix I Appendix II Afterword
以下为对购买帮助不大的评价