<Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 55112154 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 818 /. 5409 19 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PS3573. A425 Z467 2004 </Td> </Tr> <P> Published in 1983, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose is a collection composed of 36 separate pieces written by Alice Walker . The essays, articles, reviews, statements, and speeches were written between 1966 and 1982 . Many are based on her understanding of "womanist" theory . Walker defines "womanist" at the beginning of the collection as "A black feminist or feminist of color . From the black folk expression of mother to female children and also a woman who loves other women, sexually and / or nonsexually . Appreciates and prefers women's culture . Committed to survival and wholeness of entire people, male and female". </P>

Alice walker essay in search of our mothers gardens