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Literacy as Power and Its Impacts on Women’s Empowerment in Kathryn Stockett’s The Help Nisa', Faradilla Khairin; Koiri, Much.
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 11, No 3 (2026)
Publisher : Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31004/jele.v11i3.2417

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This study reveals how literacy operates as a form of power and its impact on woman’s empowerment in Kathryn Stockett The Help (2009) using New Literacy Studies (Street, 1984; Barton Hamilton, 1998), literacy as power theory (Williams Zengers, 2007), and Kabeer’s (1999) women’s empowerment framework. Through qualitative textual analysis, it identifies three key literacy events—initiation of the book, the writing process, and the book’s publication—where literacy functions via control over meaning, action production, and strategicity. The findings show that literacy enables marginalized Black women to challenge dominant racial narratives, negotiate risk, and produce tangible social consequences, despite structural constraints. Applying Kabeer’s framework reveals that literacy acts as a resource that facilitates agency and leads to partial yet meaningful achievements, including economic independence and psychological transformation.
Co-Authors MUCH. KOIRI