That the mothers may soar and the daughters may know their names: A retrospective of black feminist literary criticism

Signs

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-507

  Griffin, Farah Jasmine ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 33846208267     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508377     Document Type: Article

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