Everyday Use

by Alice Walker

Everyday Use: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

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Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

“Everyday Use” is set in the American South—likely in rural Georgia—sometime in the 1960s or 1970s. Though Walker doesn’t make the time period of the story explicit, it is clear that the story takes place during the Black Power movement, a social movement largely led by educated Black people in the northern United States that centered on fighting for the rights of Black Americans as well as celebrating and embracing their African roots.