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"A Resurrection That is beyond Death": African Diasporic Healing Rituals in Toni Morrison's Paradise.

This article concerns medical racism and sexual trauma in Toni Morrison's Paradise (1997), but also the innovative African Diasporic healing ceremonies the novel depicts, which are key to understanding the mysterious deaths and seeming rebirth of the women who reside in the Convent and are (in theor...

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Published in:MELUS Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 73 - 97
Main Author: Cutter, Martha J
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2026
Subjects:
Racism
Sexual trauma
Rites & ceremonies
Social justice
Nigeria
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost