Title:
The Beacon book of essays by contemporary American women / edited by Wendy Martin ; with the editorial assistance of Thomas Allen, Kimberly Cortner, Rochelle Johnson, and Jamie Marchant.
Author:
Martin, Wendy, 1940-
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©1996.
Call Number:
PS683.W65 B43 1996
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=007286120&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIATable of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/goettingen/185653057.pdf
ISBN:
9780807063460
9780807063477
Physical Description:
xvi, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
On going home / Brothers and sisters / Only daughter / Ruth's song (because she could not sing it) / Mother tongue / My father's penis / Balancing act / The deterioration of my marriage / Here: Grace / Thoughts on becoming a grandmother / Names / Hair / A friendship forged on concrete / An American in New York / Dreams of a black Christmas / A knowing so deep / La güera / Split at the root : an essay on Jewish identity / Writing from the darkness / Monday, May 3rd, 1982 / Speak for yourself / On being the object of property / A beaut of a shiner / Give and take / Death of Popeye / A rape / Amazing rage / On having a baby / Trying (and trying and trying) to get pregnant / Sperm in a jar / I just came out pregnant / A moral choice / Consequences / Standard operating procedure / Sight into insight / Walking ; Waking up the rake / The bowl ; A woman's dance / A very warm mountain
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