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POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY
by Walker, Alice
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0151731527
- ISBN 13
- 9780151731527
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1992. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. A pristine, collectible book. This is the story of Tashi, a tribal African woman who submits to ritual of genital mutilation and then living her adult life as an African woman in America searches for the "reasons" why, and to regain the ability to recognize her own reality and to feel. The author strikes with graceful power at the heart of one of the most controversial issues of our time. A pristine book. Keywords: WALKER AFRICA TRIBAL CUSTOMS GENITAL MUTILATION TSUNGA PHARAONICALLY CIRCUMCISION
Synopsis
In Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy , we meet Tashi Johnson again (she first appeared in The Color Purple ). The young tribal African woman is now living in North America. As a young woman, she submitted to the customs of her people led her to submit to the tribal initiation rite of passage, which involves genital mutilation. Now severely traumatized, she spends the rest of her life trying to reconcile her heritage with her experience as a modern woman in America.
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- Bookseller
- BIAbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000560
- Title
- POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151731527
- ISBN 13
- 9780151731527
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION WALKER AFRICA TRIBAL CUSTOMS GENITAL MUTILATION TSUNGA PHARAONICALLY CIRCUMCISION
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