Sinning as Empowerment: Reclaiming God as a Black, Queer Woman in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple

Author(s)

Bethany Abrams, Augustana College, Rock Island IllinoisFollow

Course

ENGL 401: Senior Inquiry

Document Type

Student Paper

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Disciplines

African American Studies | English Language and Literature | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Queer Studies | Women's Studies

Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement

In this paper, the author embarks on the task of re-imagining the seven sins of Christianity in the context of Alice Walker's The Color Purple, specifically in relation to the character Shug Avery.

Comments

2nd Place Winner, Long Analytical Essay, 2024

Augustana Digital Commons Citation

Abrams, Bethany. "Sinning as Empowerment: Reclaiming God as a Black, Queer Woman in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple" (2024). Audre Lorde Writing Prize.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/wollstonecraftaward/62