Reading and writing womanist poetic prose: African American mothers with deaf daughters

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 340-352

  Borum, Valerie ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American mothers; Deaf children; Multivocal text; Poetic prose; Womanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645658784     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800405284376     Document Type: Article

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