LOVE-ETHIC AS RADICAL NOTION IN ALICE WALKER'S SELECTED NOVELS IN LIGHT OF BELL HOOKS

Abstract

The study investigates the notion of love-ethic as radical advocacy for the black women's survival and freedom in Alice Walker's (1942-) novels: The Color Purple and The temple of my Familiar, through the frequent emancipative treatment of bell hooks(1952). In this paper, I will examine the lack of enduring love ethic in progressive social circles ascends from common failure to confront
the imperialistic patriarchal intrigue which focuses on material anxieties. The paper relies on a binary mode approach of Walker and hooks. It is qualitative research intends to make some hypotheses derived from first and second sources. For further arguments, the study considers other scholars, thinkers and feminists' opinions as cross references to enlighten the notion of love-ethic as liberal perspective. We find that hooks' advocacy of love ethic illuminates vitally Walker's heroines' endeavor of resisting by nurturing the common spiritual needs for equality and freedom through nonviolent struggle. It also argues if love is neglected in the journey of reclaiming the right, subjugated women could hardly form an emancipative revolution where there is a collective transformation away from the cod of domination. likewise, this study is an attempt to show how oppressed women are agonized by the rigid force of the materialistic world. By adopting a spiritual path of the love ethic, they deserve a better location in their community. Love is the key used by radical feminism to elevate black women's life from domination and exploitation to be the center of focus. The analytical discussion approach is a fairly new study as it extended from mix reading of two black feminist thinkers and writers of the contemporary century. Walker's selected novels are utilized via the emancipative notion of the love ethic of hooks' liberal reading