Meridian (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Walker
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: The decade of the 1960’s, during the height of the Civil Rights movement
- Setting: New York City, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama
- Principal Characters: Meridian Hill, Truman Held, Lynne Rabinowitz
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: African Americans
- Locales: New York, NY
The Novel
Meridian traces the moral and psychological development of Walker’s title character, Meridian Hill. Born into a middle-class Southern black family, Meridian is taught to accept the racist and sexist status quo of the 1950’s. She is not encouraged to question segregationist policies, sexist traditions, or her own sexual ignorance—all of which deny her autonomy. Recalling the climate before and during the Civil Rights movement, Meridian brings readers to an awareness of the many relationships between racism and sexism and their consequences for the...
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