Black women writers and the trouble with ethos: Harriet jacobs, billie holiday, and sister souljah

Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-70

  Pittman, Coretta ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43249134659     PISSN: 02773945     EISSN: 1930322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02773940600860074     Document Type: Article

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