Meridian
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Meridian is a 1976 novel by Alice Walker that explores the civil rights movement through the life of a young Black woman activist in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meridian canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Alice Walker ⓘ |
| authorGender | female ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
psychological cost of activism
ⓘ
role of women in the civil rights movement ⓘ tension between activism and personal life ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorBibliography | The Third Life of Grange Copeland ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
Bildungsroman ⓘ novel ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Alice Walker ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Southern Black communities
ⓘ
civil rights workers ⓘ education ⓘ gender roles ⓘ political protest ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African American literature
ⓘ
surface form:
African-American literature
Black feminist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Meridian Hill ⓘ |
| medium | book ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| precedesInAuthorBibliography |
The Color Purple (novel)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Color Purple
|
| protagonistEthnicity | Black ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace & World
ⓘ
surface form:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
|
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| settingPeriod |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
|
| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
activism
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
coming of age ⓘ feminism ⓘ motherhood ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ personal sacrifice ⓘ political commitment ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.