Citation

Hammad LK. rupkatha 2011; 3(2): 258-267.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011)

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Abstract

This paper discusses black feminist discourse of power in Ntozake Shange's choreopoem For Colored Girls Who have considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. The work depicts the struggle of black women through a rainbow of experiences. At the end, the girls arrive at 'selfhood' by finding God in themselves. This paper focuses on how the patriarchal discourse lead to their suffereing and how they were able to claim back their identities as black females who only need to be loved and appreciated.

Language: en

Keywords

Discourse; Power; African American culture; Notzake Shange; Women's literature