Black professional women in recent American fiction /
Carmen Rose Marshall.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2004.
- viii, 219 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
0786417129 (softcover : alk. paper)
2003021841
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism. Women and literature--History--United States--20th century. African American women in the professions--Books and reading. American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism. American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century 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.