Reaching Selfhood and Women Identity Case Study: Alice Walker’s The Color Purple.

Abstract

Female’s elements in the novel are of refusing to the old racist ideas which ignored the colored women from the domains; furthermore, it is a formation of new, modern and independent identity for the Blacks. Alice Walker’s The Color Purple describes the lives of black women’s search for their identity following Feminine activities including: Letters writing, Friendship and doing their roles as housekeepers. Through the character of Shug Alice stressed the idea that masculinity is not restricted to man. At last, this paper confirms that Feminism and Womanism contributes in building and shaping women’s identity and help the female to achieve their freedom. Feminists and Womanists with their differences and similarities; they complete each other for one reason which is women are free, and they are equal to men in all filed. The purpose of this research is to show that these Feminist and Womanist movements share the same ideas or differ from one other under one goal which forming women’s identity and being equal to the men.