The Resource Brown girl, brownstones, Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington
Brown girl, brownstones, Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington
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The item Brown girl, brownstones, Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
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- Summary
- "Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wnats to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs to return to the land in Barbados. Selina seeks to define her own identity and values as she struggles to surmount the racism and poverty that surround her."--Page 4 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Feminist Press ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (324 pages)
- Label
- Brown girl, brownstones
- Title
- Brown girl, brownstones
- Statement of responsibility
- Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington
- Subject
-
- Domestic fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
- English literature
- English fiction
- Literature
- Caribische literatuur
- West Indian Americans -- Fiction
- Young women
- Bildungsromans
- Fictie
- 1900 - 1999
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- English
- New York (State) -- New York
- West Indian Americans
- Fiction
- Feminist fiction
- American fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wnats to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs to return to the land in Barbados. Selina seeks to define her own identity and values as she struggles to surmount the racism and poverty that surround her."--Page 4 of cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1929-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marshall, Paule
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.A7223
- LC item number
- B7 1981
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Contemporary classics by women
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- West Indian Americans
- New York (N.Y.)
- Young women
- Domestic fiction
- Caribische literatuur
- Fictie
- American fiction
- English
- English fiction
- English literature
- Literature
- West Indian Americans
- Young women
- New York (State)
- Label
- Brown girl, brownstones, Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- 1st Feminist Press ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (324 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028866633
- Label
- Brown girl, brownstones, Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- 1st Feminist Press ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (324 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028866633
Subject
- 1900 - 1999
- American fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Caribische literatuur
- Domestic fiction
- English
- English fiction
- English literature
- Feminist fiction
- Fictie
- Fiction
- Literature
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York
- West Indian Americans
- West Indian Americans -- Fiction
- Young women
- Young women -- Fiction
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