{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-color-purple-the-story-of-an-american-masterpiece-hardcover","title":"In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSalamishah Tillet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alice Walker made history in 1983 when she became the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e. Published in the Reagan era amid a severe backlash to civil rights, the Jazz Age novel tells the story of racial and gender inequality through the life of a 14-year-old girl from Georgia who is haunted by domestic and sexual violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Prominent academic and activist Salamishah Tillet combines cultural criticism, history, and memoir to explore Walker's epistolary novel and shows how it has influenced and been informed by the zeitgeist. \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e received both praise and criticism upon publication, and the conversation it sparked around race and gender still continues today. It has been adapted for an Oscar-nominated film and a hit Broadway musical. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through archival research and interviews with Walker, Oprah Winfrey, and Quincy Jones (among others), Tillet studies Walker's life and how themes of violence emerged in her earlier work. Reading \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e at age 15 was a groundbreaking experience for Tillet. It continues to resonate with her--as a sexual violence survivor, as a teacher of the novel, and as an accomplished academic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Provocative and personal, \u003ci\u003eIn Search of The Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold work from an important public intellectual, and captures Alice Walker's seminal role in rethinking sexuality, intersectional feminism, and racial and gender politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalamishah Tillet \u003c\/b\u003eis a scholar, cultural critic, and activist. A professor at Rutgers University-Newark and previously a professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, she is a contributing critic-at-large for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. With her sister, she cofounded A Long Walk Home, a Chicago-based national nonprofit that uses art to empower young people to end violence against girls and women. She lives in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169743474823,"sku":"9781419735301","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/60d8d6433f105e7b80afcf36b55d49b7.webp?v=1733343361","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-color-purple-the-story-of-an-american-masterpiece-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}