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Author:

Tillet, Salamishah, author.

Title:

In search of the color purple : the story of an American masterpiece / Salamishah Tillet.

Publisher:

Abrams Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvii, 205 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Walker, Alice,--1944---Color purple.
Walker, Alice,--1944---Color purple--Influence.
African American women in literature.
Civil rights movements--United States.
United States--Race relations--20th century.
Literary criticism.
Personal Narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

Summary:

Tillet's cultural criticism blends literary history, biography, and memoir in an exploration of Alice Walker's National Book Award-winning novel that examines its influence against a backdrop of the civil rights encroachments of the early 1980s.

ISBN:

1419735306
9781419735301

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1222800704

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)