"This works' aims are threefold: to examine how female African American novelists portray domestic abuse; to outline how literary depictions of domestic violence are responsive to cultural and historical forces; and to explore the literary tradition of novels that deal with domestic abuse within the African American community--a tradition that began in 1930s by Hurston"--Provided by publisher.
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