Poetic Expressions: Students of Color Express Resiliency Through Metaphors and Similes

Journal of Advanced Academics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-244

  Hall, Horace R ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450245807     PISSN: 1932202X     EISSN: 21629536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jaa-2007-355     Document Type: Article

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