"Are You Sure, Sweetheart, That You Want to Be Well?": The Politics of Mental Health and Long-Suffering in Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters

In analyzing the woman-centered communal healing ceremony in Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters, this article considers how these types of womb-like spaces allow female protagonists to access ancestral and spiritual histories that assist them in navigating physical illnesses and mental health...

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Auteur principal: Waller-Peterson, Belinda (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: MDPI [2019]
Dans: Religions
Année: 2019, Volume: 10, Numéro: 4, Pages: 1-13
Sujets non-standardisés:B Women's Rights
B Activism
B ancestral mediation
B Health
B Illness
B Healing
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