What books by African American women were acquired by American academic libraries? : a study of institutional legitimation, exclusion, and implicit censorship / Kimberly Black ; with a foreword by Jinx Watson.

By:

Black, Kimberly

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780773443846
0773443843

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: What books by African American women were acquired by American academic libraries?DDC classification:

810.9896073 22

LOC classification:

Z675.U5

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24,1

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Contents:

Actors and context -- Expressive culture, social power, knowledge and knowledge institutions -- Publishing African-American women writers: "breaking the first seal" -- Reviewing African-American women writers: "making a book known" -- Collecting African-American women's literary works: the margin as a space of radical openness.

Summary: This study examines the publication, review and collection of fiction and poetry titles written by African-American women, published between 1980-1990 by Association of Research Libraries member academic libraries located in the United States. It is an examination of institutionalized legitimizing social forces and their influence on the collection and sanctioning of knowledge as expressed through academic library collections.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This study examines the publication, review and collection of fiction and poetry titles written by African-American women, published between 1980-1990 by Association of Research Libraries member academic libraries located in the United States. It is an examination of institutionalized legitimizing social forces and their influence on the collection and sanctioning of knowledge as expressed through academic library collections.

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