Title 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.

Descript 1 online resource (iii, 211 pages) Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject African American women authors -- Library resources. American literature -- African American authors -- Library resources. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Frauenliteratur Schwarze Frau Hochschulbibliothek USA. ISBN 9780773443846 (electronic bk.) 0773443843 (electronic bk.) 9780773437920 0773437924