{"product_id":"everyday-use-alice-walker-paperback","title":"Everyday Use: Alice Walker - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara T. Christian\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Walker's early story, \"Everyday Use,\" has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that African Americans inherited from their maternal ancestors changed the way we define art, women's culture, and African American lives. By putting African American women's voices at the center of the narrative for the first time, \"Everyday Use\" anticipated the focus of an entire generation of black women writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Walker's life, an authoritative text of \"Everyday Use\" and of \"In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens,\" an interview with Walker, six critical essays, and a bibliography. The contributors are Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Thadious M. Davis, Margot Anne Kelley, John O'Brien, Elaine Showalter, and Mary Helen Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara T. Christian is a professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAlice Walker and \"The Color Purple\"\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlack Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBlack Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition 1892-1976\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722579972159,"sku":"9780813520766","price":84.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c8e245440052f4e4858b9ec20e1395c2.webp?v=1765096236","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/everyday-use-alice-walker-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}