Terry McMillan’s “It’s Not All Downhill from Here”: black women discharging interpersonal conflicts
- Authors: Pawar P.N.1
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Affiliations:
- Rajarambapu Institute of Technology
- Issue: Vol 29, No 2 (2024): African media in the new reality: re-positioning of media studies
- Pages: 289-296
- Section: LITERARY CRITICISM
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2312-9220/article/view/319207
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-9220-2024-29-2-289-296
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/SSYLEB
- ID: 319207
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The research work attempts to study the contemporary African American women’s struggle to discharge their interpersonal conflict with reference to Terry McMillan’s “It’s Not All Downhill From Here”. Conflict is an expression of struggle between two or more interdependent persons who have incompatible goals. Through her works, Terry McMillan voices the life of urban African American middle class women. The Black women of this class are suppressed under various roles and responsibilities especially related to their families that have lots of challenges like addiction, crime, lack of trust and emotional bonding. Lack of any support builds up antagonistic mindsets and develops interpersonal conflicts. They are trying hard to resolve these conflicts and attempting to restart with more focus on exploration of self. The research work analyses the conflict resolution strategies employed by African American women in the novel.
About the authors
Pradip N. Pawar
Rajarambapu Institute of Technology
Author for correspondence.
Email: pradip.pawar@ritindia.edu
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4778-1468
Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Humanities
Sakharale, Sangli, Maharashtra, 415414, Republic of IndiaReferences
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