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to the female circumcision tradition. It does not focus on the representation of African women and womanhood.
3. “Alice Walker: A Literary Genealogist” by Paege Alessandra Moore
Moore relates W alker‟s work towards the previous writer who has the same
writing style with Walker, such as Zora Neale Humon. She states that both of them have the same theme in several literature works of them.
Walker draws on the precedent set by Hurston; as a result, similar themes reappear in Walkers work, including: the use of American vernacular; focus
on womens roles within the African American community; female sexuality within the context of womens achievement of personal growth,
individuation, and the desire for control over their sexual and physical selves Moore, 1998:1.
She makes a research on the connection between Hurston and Walker work
of literature. The way Walker brings the female protagonist of the story, being the struggling one against the patriarchal system. Walker, also, consolidates the
female on the story, thus they can make sisterhood over the problem they have shared.
This research differs from Moore‟s research because this research uses only Possessing the Secret of Joy
without examining Walker‟s writing style. The tribal tradition is the main thing being discussed. The researcher focuses on the close
reading of the novel, rather than relate to the outer world of the work. Relating to the tribal tradition, this work uses postcolonial theory. It is to see the tradition and
the revealing idea of Tashi‟s identity crisis. This theory is also preferred because there are some issues in the novel, such as hegemony, racism, miscegenation and
otherness Huggan and Tiffin, 2010: 135. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
4. “The RelationshipBetween the African and American Heritages in Alice
Walker‟s Novel Possessing the Secret of Joy and the Short Story Everyday Use” by Anna Golubeva
Golubeva‟s research is to describe the significance of African and American culture to
wards Walker‟s work. Since Walker‟s work includes the cultural duality of African- American. She analyses the connection of African and American
culture in general towards postcolonial using Walker‟s Possessing the Secret of Joy and Everyday Use. She does not analyse the tribal tradition and its effect.
Chapter II studies the possible relationship between the African and the American heritages on the example of Alice Walkers novel Possessing the
Secret of Joy and the short story Everyday Use Golubeva, 2009: 2. Although, this research uses the same object with her work, Possessing the
Secret of Joy, this research concentrates on the tribal tradition, female circumcision. This also sees the culture, but mainly to analyse the tradition and the
revealing idea of identity crisis is experienced by Tashi. The researcher uses the tribal tradition to reveal the identity crisis of Tashi. Meanwhile, Golubeva‟s work
focuses on both African and American heritages. The researcher uses these four researches with same object to make a
difference among them. The researcher can see the other people idea and their ways to analys
e Walker‟s work. It gives idea of some preferable theories to use in this research.