Transgressing race and community in Chester Himes's If He Hollers Let Him Go

African American Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-80

  Itagaki, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 61949251946     PISSN: 10624783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1512360     Document Type: Article

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