Mammies, Matriarchs and Controlling Images

"The Color Purple" would be the best example of Collins' article. Celie would be a combination of a mammy and matriarch according to Collins. Although Celia isn't in a white household she begins as a mammy. She plays a faithful, obedient, and domestic housewife. Her father married her off at the very young age. Albert her husband, who is two times older than Celie and has four children, beats her into submission. She grow to be a great surbordinate for Alberts and his kids. After a few years and so much crap from Albert and his kids Celie became fed up.

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