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‘Everyday Use’ is a seminal short story by Alice Walker that employs quilting as a powerful metaphor for the cultural inheritance of African‑American families. The narrative centers on African‑American women in the Southern United States, giving these voices prominence and foregrounding the generational transfer of tradition and identity. A companion casebook provides an introduction, a chronology of Walker’s life, the full text of ‘Everyday Use’ and its companion story ‘In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens’, an interview with Walker, six critical essays, and a bibliography. Contributors to the essays include Charlotte Pierce‑Baker, Houston A. Baker Jr., Thadious M. Davis, Margot Anne Kelley, John O’Brien, Elaine Showalter, and Mary Helen Washington.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Alice Walker
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