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Reshmi J. Hebbar
Modeling Minority Women [EPUB ebook]
Heroines in African and Asian American Fiction

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This powerful study reconceptualizes ideas of ethnic literature while investigating the construction of ethnic heroines, shifting the focus away from cultural politics and considering instead narrative or poetic qualities which involve surprising relationships between Anglo-American women”s writing and fiction produced by Asian American and African American women authors.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9781135873400 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2810834 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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