The Representation of Black Feminism in Black Female Litterature
Translated title
Repræsentationen af sort feminisme i sort litteratur
Author
Rekovic, Azra
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-05-31
Pages
55
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan sort feminisme repræsenteres i sort kvindelitteratur gennem en komparativ nærlæsning af Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God og Alice Walkers The Color Purple. Analysen er forankret i sort feministisk teori med Kimberlé Crenshaws intersektionalitet som primært redskab, suppleret af bell hooks’ perspektiver på feminisme fra marginen og Patricia Hill Collins’ begreber om kontrollerende billeder og empowerment. Med fokus på intersektionelle akser som race, køn og klasse undersøges, hvordan hovedpersonernes erfaringer med undertrykkelse og deres veje til handlekraft skildres gennem fortællestruktur, karakterudvikling, solidaritet og kærlighed. En historisk rammesætning af Den Store Depression, Harlemrenæssancen, Jim Crow-segregation, borgerrettighedsbevægelsen og kvindebevægelsen bruges til at kontekstualisere romanerne. Formålet er at tydeliggøre, hvordan teksterne artikulerer sorte kvinders liv og sort feministisk kritik og modstand; specifikke resultater og konklusioner fremgår ikke af dette uddrag.
This thesis examines how Black feminism is represented in Black women’s literature through a comparative close reading of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. The analysis is grounded in Black feminist scholarship, using Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality as the primary tool, complemented by bell hooks’ account of feminism from the margins and Patricia Hill Collins’ concepts of controlling images and empowerment. Focusing on intersecting axes of race, gender, and class, it explores how the protagonists’ experiences of oppression and their routes to agency are depicted through narrative form, character development, solidarity, and love. A historical overview of the Great Depression, the Harlem Renaissance, Jim Crow segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and the women’s movement situates the novels in their social contexts. The aim is to clarify how these texts portray Black women’s lives and articulate Black feminist critique and resistance; specific findings and conclusions are not included in this excerpt.
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