A marxist feminist study of ann petry's the street (1946)

Abstract

The current study undertakes a Marxist feminist reading of Ann Petry’s The Street (1946). In the light of the Marxist feminist literary theory, this research examines the nocuous impact of the capitalist patriarchy on black working-class women. Therefore, this present work underlines the main origins and impacts of black female’s exploitation, and also attests that racism can be the key factor to the foundation of black’s broken union. It reveals the intra-racial conflict between the black race itself. Furthermore, this research paper analyzes how the protagonist is dehumanized by both white and black men within the selected novel....