Recovering the Black Female Body

Recovering the Black Female Body
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 0813528399
ISBN-13 : 9780813528397
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Book Synopsis Recovering the Black Female Body by : Michael Bennett

Download or read book Recovering the Black Female Body written by Michael Bennett and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovering the Black Female Body recognizes the pressing need to highlight through scholarship the vibrant energy of African American women's attempts to wrest control of the physical and symbolic construction of their bodies away from the distortions of others.


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