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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS374.N4 M36 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 219 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- African American women in the professions
- Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
- African American women > Books and reading
- African American women in the professions > Books and reading
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
- Professions in literature
- African Americans in the professions
- American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
- African American women in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Dearth of Self-Actualized Black Professional Women Protagonists -- 1. Consumer Desire for Self-Empowered Black Professional Women Protagonists -- 2. Craft and Culture: Challenges to Black Professional Women's Representation -- 3. Production and Market: Social Challenges -- 4. Feminism and Nationalism: Conflicts in The Salt Eaters -- 5. Re-thinking Agency in Waiting to Exhale -- 6. Reader Response: Findings and Applications -- App. A. Occupational Distributions of Black and White Women: 1940, 1960, and 1980 -- App. B. Family Assets of Black and White Women by Employment Status -- App. C. Respondent Information and Questionnaire Results.
- ISBN
- 0786417129 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003021841
- OCLC
- ocm53215749
- SCSB-4859231
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries