SOSC 1502 Lecture Notes - Alice Walker, Menno Meyjes, Bell Hooks
21 Jul 2014
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Walker"s biography: playing with her brothers, shot with bibi gun in eye, lied to her parents about bibi accident, a lot of responsibility and shame surrounding this, her young daughter saw the scar as the earth. Novel was unique: complicated sexuality, showed african americans not under slavery, people testify that the book was moving, critiqued for negative depictions of black masculinity as abusive. Film (1985) written by alice walker, menno meyjes directed by steven. Spielberg: critiqued for eliminating sexual relationship between celie and shug, critiqued for being directed by white male director. Bell hooks defines love as the will to extend one"s self for the purpose of nurturing one"s own or another"s spiritual growth . Not just romantic love, but transformative (revolutionary) act. Love as a way of overcoming racism, sexism and classism. In the film: love with nettie innocence, femininity. Scene interrupted by pregnant body of celie and dark shadow of mister ____
