![]() ![]() 5 While these descriptions are accurate, they obscure the extent to which Jazz serves as a critique of the violence perpetrated against black bodies-often with the law’s implicit and explicit sanction. ![]() 2 Jazz, however, has been variously described as a novel about the black migration, 3 the black experience in the urban North, 4 and the soured romance between a husband and wife. Twenty years after its publication, it is clear that Beloved has entered into the canon of literature addressed by the genre of law and literature, as it made a significant contribution to the enduring themes of slavery and its memory, personhood, violence and the state’s authority. ![]() 1 Jazz is often depicted as a respite from the social questions raised in the other two novels. Toni Morrison’s novel Jazz is an often overlooked novel, situated as it is between the remarkable triumph of Beloved and the harrowing narrative of Paradise. ![]()
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The sub’s young medic had had to help negotiate the sub’s tight passageways with his patient on a litter while the deck crew had to coordinate closely with the evac helicopter. It was only thanks to tireless training that the operation had gone off without incident. Being on deck during a sunny homecoming had nothing in common with navigating the slick surface in choppy conditions with limited visibility. ![]() “Yes, sir.” Entrance was one way to put the harrowing foggy medical evac that had required coordination from multiple teams including the shore-based doctors, the ship the sub had had to rendezvous with, its helicopter crew, and various levels of mission command. So I drew myself up taller and gave a firm nod. He had a shaved head, Southern drawl, commanding features, and a piercing stare that had a way of seeing every uncertainty. “Well, you certainly know how to make an entrance, Fox.” The senior chief regarded me carefully as we settled for our daily report meeting. 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