The Restorative Power of Sound: A Case for Communal Catharsis in Toni Morrison's Beloved

, This article examines the spiritual leadership of Baby Suggs and the other women in the novel Beloved. Asserting that sound, embodied as cries and utterances, has significance that in many ways surpasses that of identifiable music, Reed situates the women's practices in the novel as a womanis...

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Main Author: Reed, Roxanne R (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2007
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2007, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-71
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