- Hardcover: 229 pages
- Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr; illustrated edition edition (May 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0813520754
- ISBN-13: 978-0813520759
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Alice 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 defined 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. This casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Walker's life, authoritative texts of "Everyday Use" and "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. Barbara T. Christian is a professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Everyday Use,
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This review is from: Everyday Use: Alice Walker (Paperback)
I think this book is very good to learn a lesson about hertiage. Of how you should use your hertiage in everyday use and not just hang and display it to others.
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worth 20 min,
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This review is from: Everyday Use: Alice Walker (Paperback)
A nice story about denying a girl who forgot where she came froma blanket. It's worth the 20 minutes it might take to read it if you have NOTHING better to do
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Everyday Use puts a spoiled child in her place..,
By Shazia - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Everyday Use: Alice Walker (Paperback)
I think this book's imagery is amazing, and really gives you the perfect picture of the characters. Alice Walker did a great job "weaving" this story and showing us different kinds of African Americans and the heritage that is passed down with family traditions and quilts. This is definitely worth a read to all people, African American or not because we all can relate to the emotions the characters feel. This story is about a mother who was always torn between her two daughters and finally learns how to take a stand. Read it and enjoy!
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Walker's best short story,
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Everyday Use (Women Writers)Walker's iconic short story about our changing times. I use this in several of the courses I teach. Each class ends up arguing over who is right. 14 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Everyday Use,
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This review is from: Everyday Use: Alice Walker (Paperback)
I think this book is very good to learn a lesson about hertiage. Of how you should use your hertiage in everyday use and not just hang and display it to others.
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