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Black Feminism: Intersectionality and Empowerment of American Black Women in The Novels of Gloria Naylor and Terry Mcmillan

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Author

Saadia Siddique

Department

Department of English

Program

Mphil

Institute

National University of Modern Languages

Institute Type

Public

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2014

Subject

English Language

Language

English

Added

2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676728726622

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Black Feminism: Intersectionality and Empowerment of American Black Women in The Novels of Gloria Naylor and Terry Mcmillan The study is designed to identify different systems of oppression American Black women face in their lives. The study explores common Black feminist themes in the novels of Naylor and McMillan. The study brings forth different systems of oppression that Black female characters of Naylor and McMillan face, and the ways in which these women struggle against different oppressions, and attain empowerment. The research is qualitative in nature, and the texts have been analyzed by feminist content analysis technique. The Black Feminist theory by Patricia Hill Collins as explained in her workBlackFeministThought:Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment has been utilized as theoretical framework. The study is delimited to The Women of Brewster Place and Bailey’s Café by Gloria Naylor, and Mama and Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan. The content analysis reveals that race, gender, class, sexuality, disability and religion generate systems of oppression that African American women have to experience in their lives. In the intersecting systems of oppression these women either play the role of an oppressor or an oppressed. It is found that in order to fight against these oppressions, Black women attain empowerment through their work, education, relationships, culture and religious institutions. The study concludes that there is no universal female experience that can be applied on women around the world.
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                مراتب اختر کا شمار اُن شعرا میں ہوتا ہے جنھوں نے جدید شاعری میں ایک نئے رجحان کو متعارف کروایا اور اُن کے اس فن کی تمام ناقدین قدر کرتے ہیں۔مراتب اختر کی شاعری کے رکھ رکھائو اور ڈِکشن کے حوالے سے معروف نقاد افتخارجالب لکھتے ہیں:

مراتب اختر نے جو شاعری کی ہے اس میں رکھ رکھائو، ڈِکشن کی ملائمت، نفاست اور مروّجہ شعریت نہیں ہے۔ سب کچھ اُکھڑا اُکھڑا دکھائی دیتا ہے۔ یہ خرابیاں کہ اِمکان سے نابلداندھے، اور بے مغز لوگوں کو گراں گزرتی ہیں، درحقیقت مراتب اختر کی خالص خوبیاں ہیں۔ ان خوبیوں سے مستفید وہی ہو سکتا ہے جو شعر کی منزہ صورت کو پہچان سکتا ہو۔اِمکان کے اِمکانات تک جن کی رسائی نہیں ان کے لیے مراتب اخترکی شاعری کوئی لذت اورمعنی نہیں رکھتی۔اس شاعری کے لیے کہ اِمکان کے اِمکانات پرایمان کو پہلی شرط قرار دیتی ہے، زندہ اور تواناہونے کے ساتھ ساتھ شعر کو ڈِکشن کی موجودگی اور عدم موجودگی دونوں صورتوں میں پہچاننے کی صلاحیت ہونی چاہیے۔

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