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.

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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

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