Tradition: Trauma in Alice Walker’s Possessing the Secret Joy

Tradition, culture, religion all these are too much cling to human life and society. Traditions, cultures include some events, customs, rituals of the Most society different countries set many customs be performed by women. And when it is about African American women, who have been discriminated throughout ages for their race class gender. The women underrated, marginalized in They treated as slaves under go struggles i.e. race, class, gender discrimination. These deprived basic rights. By maintaining values tradition forget value own Life, Identity Body. affected psychologically also faces trauma. To bring truth behind traditions emancipate African-American writers come front make realise self-esteem, selfhood through writers. paved way liberation Among praiseworthy Alice Walker another, not only a writer, but an activist. She rises voice betterment settlement subjugated This paper brings light on horrible practice Female Genital Mutilation Walker’s Possessing Secret Joy. Removing female genital parts pleasure man name which trauma