Focusing on the wrong front: Historical displacement, the Maginot Line, and The Bluest Eye

African American Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 283-298

  Gillan, Jennifer ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 62949211531     PISSN: 10624783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1512261     Document Type: Article

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