Feminist Analysis of Drinking from a Bitter Cup by Angela Jackson Brown

Abstract

This article is the feminist analysis of the novel Drinking from a Bitter Cup by Angela Jackson Brown. Researcher has used the theoretical lens of “intersectionality” by Patricia Hill Collins. In this article, researcher has explored different systems of oppression in the life of Sylvia Butler. The interconnection between those different systems of oppression is analyzed according to the analytical frame work of intersectionality. This study also shows the transformation of the character, Sylvia Butler, despite her difficult circumstances.