Black professional women in recent American fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Marshall, Carmen Rose, 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2004]
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century. African American women in the professions > Books and reading. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. African American women > Books and reading. African American women in the professions. African Americans in the professions. African American women in literature. African Americans in literature. Professions in literature.

Table of Contents:

The dearth of self-actualized Black professional women protagonists
Consumer desire for self-empowered Black professional women protagonists
Craft and culture : challenges to Black professional womens representation
Production and market : social challenges
Feminism and nationalism : conflicts in The salt eaters
Re-thinking agency in Waiting to exhale
Reader response : findings and applications
Appendix A : Occupational distributions of black and white women: 1940, 1960, and 1980
Appendix B : Family assets of Black and white women by employment status
Appendix C : Respondent information and questionnaire results.