“Yeah, suicide is a white thing”: Problematizing the Reclamation of the Ghosts of Suicide in David Bradley’s The Chaneysville Incident and Toni Morrison’s Beloved
Both The Chaneysville Incident and Beloved investigate the slippery subject of suicide, as they expose and explore what happened to formerly enslaved men and women who chose death rather than a return to slavery. Both Morrison and Bradley choose to use ghosts to allow those who have committed suicid...
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| Format: | Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25299/ |