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Book Title: Recovering The Black Female Body: Self-Representation By Afr...
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6.2in
Author: Daphne Brooks
Publication Name: Recovering the Black Female Body : Self-Representation by African American Women
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication Year: 2000
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
