RACHEL LISTER is Lecturer in the Department of English Studies, University of Durham, UK.

'In this thought-provoking volume, Lister provides a crucial framework to enhance our understanding of Walker's controversial, award-winning novel, and to generate further debate and interest in Walker scholarship.' - Loretta G. Woodard, Marygrove College, USA

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Conception and Reception of The Color PurpleDefining The Color Purple: Questions of GenreThe Color Purple and The Politics of LanguageLanguage and Subjectivity in The Color PurpleReading Race in The Color PurpleClass and Consumerism in The Color PurpleThe Color Purple: Feminist Text?Gender and Sexuality in TheColor PurpleConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex.

RACHEL LISTER is Lecturer in the Department of English Studies, University of Durham, UK.

'In this thought-provoking volume, Lister provides a crucial framework to enhance our understanding of Walker's controversial, award-winning novel, and to generate further debate and interest in Walker scholarship.' - Loretta G. Woodard, Marygrove College, USA

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Conception and Reception of The Color PurpleDefining The Color Purple: Questions of GenreThe Color Purple and The Politics of LanguageLanguage and Subjectivity in The Color PurpleReading Race in The Color PurpleClass and Consumerism in The Color PurpleThe Color Purple: Feminist Text?Gender and Sexuality in TheColor PurpleConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex.