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- Title
Archetypal Symbolism in Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy.
- Authors
Moore, Geneva Cobb
- Abstract
Discusses archetypal patterns of the ego, shadow, anima/animus and the self in Alice Walker's fifth novel 'Possessing the Secret of Joy.' Psychological process that promises individual harmony and wholeness for those seeking self-knowledge and well-being; Inspiration derived from psychologist Carl Jung; Novel's examination of the African tradition of female genital mutilation.
- Subjects
POSSESSING the Secret of Joy: A Novel (Book : Walker); WALKER, Alice, 1944-; ARCHETYPE (Psychology) in literature; CRITICISM
- Publication
Southern Literary Journal, 2000, Vol 33, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
0038-4291
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/slj.2000.0010