Dr. Krupa Sophia Jeyachandran
Principal, Salem Christian College of Arts and Science, Salem, Tamilnadu, India
E-mail Address: sophiadorothy2610@gmail.com
Abstract
The African American women writers probe individualism and personal relationships as a means to comprehend multifaceted social concerns while writing from the perspective of being “black” and “women”. They are, thus, in the paramount position to write on racism and sexism that are institutionalized not only in society but also in one’s family and relationships. Though their writing enunciates both sorrow and anger, we also find in them a sense of sanguinity about human possibilities. The Black women writers are forerunners of transformation within their community and have luminously accomplished their mission of resolving their predicament and also to substantiate their sensibility as writers. They proficiently document the sufferings that the black woman has been subjected to over the ages. These writers leave an incredible impact on the generation they are in. They research on the consternations that impinge on womanhood and distinguish their anguish. Black women write for the cause of womanhood. This is strikingly resonated in the profound writing enterprise of Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nikki Giovanni and Gloria Naylor.
Keywords: African – American, Women, Patriarchy, Racism, Sexism, Whites, Blacks