Unbought and unbossed : transgressive black women, sexuality, and representation / Trimiko Melancon.

"Unbought and Unbossed critically examines the ways black women writers in the 1970s and early 1980s deploy black female characters that transgress racial, gender, and especially sexual boundaries. Trimiko Melancon analyzes literary and cultural texts, including Toni Morrison's Sula and Gloria Naylo...

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Main Author: Melancon, Trimiko (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
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Physical Description:xv, 235 pages.
Format: Book

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