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Everyday Use

"Everyday Use" is a short story by Alice Walker. It was first published in the April 1973 issue of Harper's Magazine and is part of Walker's short story collection In Love and Trouble.

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Publication date
April 1973
Country
United States
Language
English
Published in
Harper's Magazine

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Reception

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Everyday Use

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples87
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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Everyday Use

Top relations

related to Reception · 30
Everyday Use → African-American, Alice Walker's, Antagonized, Dee, Dee's, Destroying, Fiction, He, Her, Idealism, In, It Takes Two, Joe Sarnowski, Johnson, Maggie, Mama, Matthew Mullins, Mrs, Mullins, No
related to Interpretations · 19
Everyday Use → African, Although, Artist, Barbara, Because, Black, Black Power Movement, Christian, Dee, In, It, Maggie, Mama, Mary Helen Washington, Native African, On, Portrait, The, Traditional African
related to Further reading · 12
Everyday Use → Alice, An Introduction, Anna, Bedford/St, Boston, In Charters, ISBN, Its Writer, Martin's, Short Fiction, The Story, Walker
related to Themes · 11
Everyday Use → African, Dee, Dee's, Even, In, In Mama's, Maggie, Mama, On, One, Wangero
related to Publication details · 9
Everyday Use → Alice, April, Harper's Magazine, Harper's Magazine Foundation, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Walker, Wikisource-logo
Country · 1
Everyday Use → United States
Language · 1
Everyday Use → English
Publication date · 1
Everyday Use → April 1973
Published in · 1
Everyday Use → Harper's Magazine

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Everyday UseCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Everyday UseLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Everyday UsePublication dateApril 19731.00infobox
Everyday UsePublished inHarper's Magazine1.00infobox
cottoninstance ofproducts0.80text
indigo dye were acquired as a result of black oppressioninstance ofproducts0.80text
Everyday Userelated to Further readingWalker0.60section
Everyday Userelated to Further readingAlice0.60section
Everyday Userelated to Further readingIn Charters0.60section
Everyday Userelated to Further readingAnna0.60section
Everyday Userelated to Further readingThe Story0.60section
Everyday Userelated to Further readingIts Writer0.60section

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