Beyond the Black lady : sexuality and the new African American middle class / Lisa B. Thompson.

The author explores the representation of black middle class female sexuality by African American women authors in narrative literature, drama, film, and popular culture, showing how these depictions reclaim black female agency and illustrate the difficulties black women confront in asserting sexual...

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Uniform Title:New Black studies series.
Main Author: Thompson, Lisa B., 1965-
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009], ©2009.
Series:New Black studies series.
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Physical Description:xi, 183 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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