What books by African American women were acquired by American academic libraries?: a study of institutional legitimation, exclusion, and implicit censorship
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Main Author: Black, Kimberly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, NY Edwin Mellen Press ©2009
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Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Actors and context -- Expressive culture, social power, knowledge and knowledge institutions -- Publishing African-American women writers: "breaking the first seal" -- Reviewing African-American women writers: "making a book known" -- Collecting African-American women's literary works: the margin as a space of radical openness
This study examines the publication, review and collection of fiction and poetry titles written by African-American women, published between 1980-1990 by Association of Research Libraries member academic libraries located in the United States. It is an examination of institutionalized legitimizing social forces and their influence on the collection and sanctioning of knowledge as expressed through academic library collections
Physical Description:iii, 211 pages
ISBN:9780773443846
0773443843
9780773437920
0773437924

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