Duality of the post-civil war conjure woman in Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Balm: A Novel
This article examines the duality of the Black woman conjurer in Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Balm: A Novel (2015) and shows how the protagonist’s migration from the South to post-Emancipation Chicago reshapes her identity and practice. Drawing on Black feminist literary criticism and the cultural history...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2025
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120878/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120878/1/120878.pdf |