Dee’s Idea of Heritage/Culture The short story “Everyday Use” is central in Alice Walker’s writing, particularly as it represents her response to the concept of heritage as expressed by the Black political movements of the 60s. “Everyday Use” is found in Alice Walker’s collection of short stories, In Love and Trouble, which was published in 1973 (Walker 73). This was in the prime of the Black Power ideologies when “Black was beautiful”, the Afro hairstyle was in fashion and Blacks were seeking their cultural roots in Africa, without knowing too much about the continen....

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