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Reconstructing Womanhood

The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist

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ID7440960
AuthorsDonald B Gibson (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume75
Issue3
Pages881-881
Publication date1988-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofReconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Black American Woman Novelist, Hazel V Carby, 2025
VenueJournal of American History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1901541
OpenAlexW2751896348
LanguageEN
Citations received1

Journal Article Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist. By Hazel V. Carby. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. ix + 223 pp. $19.95.) Get access Donald B. Gibson Donald B. Gibson Rutgers University, New Brunswick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Pages 881–882, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901541 Published: 01 December 1988

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