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    Intersectionality and identity and politics in Alice Walker’s The color purple (1982) and Kiley Reid’s such a fun age (2019)
    (Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou, 2025) Iamrache Sabrina; Taouci Kahina
    This dissertation has attempted a comparative study of The color purple (1982) by AliceWalker and Such a fun age (2019) by Kiley Reid, through the lenses of Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality and Patricia Hill Collins’ Black feminist thought (1990). The first chapter has relied on Crenshaw’s intersectional theory in its three overlapping layers to analyze the complex intertwinement of race, gender, and class as they manifest in Walker and Reid’s novels. The chapter has highlighted how intersectional barriers limit Black women’s prospects and access to professional opportunities and personal freedom. The second chapter has drawn from Collins’ work to examine how Black women in both novels resist dominant stereotypes and seek to reclaim and assert their identities through silence, community, and artistic expression. Ultimately, this study has shown that despite their differences in form and historical periods, both novels has portrayed Black women’s struggle for selfdefinition in environments structured to misrepresent them. The intersectional analysis of the works has therefore not only bridged the historical gap between the two works, but has also revealed the complexity and resilience of Black women through time.