Dec 31, 2009

Meridian | Meridian

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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Meridian | Meridian

At a glance:

The Novel

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