TY - BOOK AU - Lister,Rachel TI - Alice Walker, The color purple T2 - Readers' guides to essential criticism SN - 9780230201859 AV - PS3573.A425 Z82 2010 U1 - 813.54 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Walker, Alice, N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index; The conception and reception of The color purple -- Defining The color purple: the question of genre -- Language and narrative poetics in The color purple -- Language and subjectivity in The color purple -- Reading race in The color purple -- Class and consumerism in The color purple -- The color purple: feminist text? -- Gender and sexuality in The color purple -- Conclusion ER -