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Black professional women in recent American fiction

Title
Black professional women in recent American fiction / Carmen Rose Marshall.
Author
Marshall, Carmen Rose, 1943-
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004.

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Description
viii, 219 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
  • Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
  • African American women in the professions > Books and reading
  • American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • African American women > Books and reading
  • African American women in the professions
  • African Americans in the professions
  • African American women in literature
  • African Americans in literature
  • Professions in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
Contents
The dearth of self-actualized Black professional women protagonists -- Consumer desire for self-empowered Black professional women protagonists -- Craft and culture : challenges to Black professional womens representation -- Production and market : social challenges -- Feminism and nationalism : conflicts in The salt eaters -- Re-thinking agency in Waiting to exhale -- Reader response : findings and applications -- Appendix A : Occupational distributions of black and white women: 1940, 1960, and 1980 -- Appendix B : Family assets of Black and white women by employment status -- Appendix C : Respondent information and questionnaire results.
Call Number
Sc E 04-271
ISBN
0786417129 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003021841
OCLC
53215749
Author
Marshall, Carmen Rose, 1943-
Title
Black professional women in recent American fiction / Carmen Rose Marshall.
Imprint
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 04-271
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