Writing for my life: Community-cognizant scholarship on African-American women and communication

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 673-686

  Houston, Marsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American culture; African American women; Cultural communication; Women's communication; Women's language

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259692     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0147-1767(00)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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