Black Women, Writing and Identity

Migrations of the Subject

by Ca Boyce-Davies

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Published September 28, 1994 by Routledge .
Written in English

The Physical Object
Number of Pages	240
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL7482802M
ISBN 10	0415100860
ISBN 10	9780415100861

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