Calling The Color Purple a Womanist work is like characterizing The Iliad as just another epic poem. It isn't merely an example of the genre in question, it's the defining text. To learn about Womanism, what The Color Purple has to do with it, and why it was banned - click on the post's title.
Banned due to the social issues it addresses, Sandra Cisneros' work tells the culturally significant story of Esperanza as she comes of age in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. To dive into this deep reading of Cisneros' The House on Mango Street - click on the post's title.