Since the publication of The Color Purple in 1983 <strong>Alice Walker</strong> has gained areputation as one of the most popular and most controversial writers... » 

Since the publication of The Color Purple in 1983 Alice Walker has gained areputation as one of the most popular and most controversial writers in theAfrican American literary tradition. This book explains Walkers project as awomanist writer and as a cultural and political activist who increasinglystyles herself as a New Age visionary. The author traces Walkers distinctivethemes of child abuse and womens sexuality and shows the development ofWalkers theories of racial hybridity spirituality and goddess worship as wellas her treatment of African American history. In an original reading of heroeuvre Lauret shows convincingly that Walker continues to stretch her own andher readers imaginative visions. «