目录 Preface Chapter I "In Search of Our Mothers Gardens" : Alice Walkers Activism and Writing 1.1Striving for the Womanist Ideal 1.2 "Living by the Word" 1.3Striving through the Word Chapter II Beyond Measure: Critical Responses to Alice Walkers Novels 2.1Researches in the Western World 2.2Researches in China Chapter III From Lavender to Purple: The Formation of the Womanist Theory 3.1Womanism, and Feminism and Black Feminism 3.2The Emergence of Womanism 3.3Womanist Theory Chapter IVIn Pursuit of Manhood and Humanity: The Transformation of the Male Images 4.1The Limitations of the Stereotypes of Black Males 4.2The Process of Self-improvement: Shaking off the Confines of Supremacist Patriarchy Chapter V Over the Ra and Patriarchal Hegemony: Lesbianism and Sisterhood within Black Women 5.1Lesbianism: The Sexual Subversion of the Male Dominance 5.2Sisterhood: The Possibility of Black Womens Autonomy Chapter VI Toward Cosmopolitanism: Humanity and Harmony in the Later Novels 6.1The Pursuit of Harmonious Union in The Temple of My Familiar 6.2The Humanistic Concern in By the Light of My Fathers Smile 6.3The 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 7.1The Literary Folkloric Materials in Hurstons and Walkers Fiction 7.2The Linguistic Folkloric Materials in Hurstons and Walkers Fiction 7.3The Religious Folkloric Materials in Hurstons and Walkers Fiction 7.4The Artistic Folkloric Materials in Hurstons and Walkers Fiction Bibliography Appendix I Appendix II Afterword
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