The Personal Becomes the Political: Womanist Resilience and Butlerian Agency in Possessing the Secret of Joy
The present paper explores Alice Walker’s Possessing the Secret of Joy in an attempt to highlight the importance of the establishment of a well-defined identity as the crucial step in the life of Tashi, a victim of genital mutilation. She becomes whole and healthy once she finds a voice and remakes...
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| Main Authors: | Meymanat Daneshvari, Bakhtiar Sadjadi |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Kurdistan
2024-04-01
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| Series: | Critical Literary Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://cls.uok.ac.ir/article_63170.html |
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