<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0 - 8135 - 2075 - 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 29028043 </Td> </Tr> <P> "Everyday Use" is a widely studied and frequently anthologized short story by Alice Walker . It was first published in 1973 as part of Walker's short story collection In Love and Trouble . </P> <P> The short story is told in first person by "Mama", an African - American woman living in the Deep South with one of her two daughters . The story follows the differences between Mrs. Johnson and her shy younger daughter Maggie, who both still adhere to traditional black culture in the rural South, and her educated, successful daughter Dee, or "Wangero" as she prefers to be called, who takes a different route to reclaiming her cultural identity . </P>

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