Black professional women in recent American fiction / Carmen Rose Marshall.
Publication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2004.Description: viii, 219 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0786417129 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 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 -- Intellectual life
- 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
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- PS374.N4 M36 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
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 women's 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.