NEITHER IN BLACK NOR WHITE BUT IN THE COLOR PURPLE / NI U CRNOM NI U BIJELOM NEGO U BOJI PURPURA

Abstract

All of Walker's novels deal with issues of racism, discrimination, gender inequality, sexuality and self-identity among black population in the United States, as well as power dynamics between the whites and the blacks. The Color Purple is no exception since the novel tackled many serious issues that troubled black communities throughout the Deep South in the post-Civil War America. The paper tries to present the key features of Walker's ideology of womanism, which openly advocated sexual, sisterly and maternal love between black women as a political tool for radical social change in the context of discrimination, racism, family violence and abuse against silenced and deprived black women in the United states. Walker’s first novel The Color Purple masterfully demonstrates this concept by showing how women can overcome the oppressive environment by creating powerful bonds amongst themselves.