• Dr. Hilda M Thenmoli

The central theme of all her novels, as Gloria Naylor herself reinstates, is women’s love and support for one another. She is of the opinion that Black women, irrespective of how diverse they may be cannot escape the pangs of racism and sexism. Her feminist impulses find expression in her writings and there is no denial of the fact that Naylor under the stronghold of liberal feminist ideology strongly affirms, “Feminism is for me the simple belief that all human beings, regardless of gender are equal. But to be female centered is to see the world through the eyes of a woman. Women have to operate differently because of the way the power structure is… to be female centered is more of a cultural term, a humanist term.” The novel Bailey’s Café is a collection of deeply moving personal stories of women who find refuge in Eve’s boarding house and live there oblivious of their degraded past. Naylor reveals an extraordinary ability to imagine, create and relate the stories of half dozen people nearly destroyed by their pasts, yet getting a glimmer of hope in Eve’s boarding house. This paper makes an attempt to analyze the power of sisterhood that enables them to break the patriarchal structures and establish a matriarchal world of their own.

victimization, dehumanization, sisterhood, matriarchy

"The Power of Sisterhood in Gloria Naylor’s Bailey’s Cafe", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.852-856, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06178.pdf

"The Power of Sisterhood in Gloria Naylor’s Bailey’s Cafe", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp852-856, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06178.pdf