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Acknowledging ambivalence: the creation of communal memory in the writing of Toni Morrison

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Acknowledging ambivalence : the creation of communal memory in the writing of Toni Morrison. / Bowers, Maggie.

In: Wasafiri, Vol. 13, No. 27, 1998, p. 19-23.

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Harvard

Bowers, M 1998, 'Acknowledging ambivalence: the creation of communal memory in the writing of Toni Morrison', Wasafiri, vol. 13, no. 27, pp. 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690059808589588

APA

Bowers, M. (1998). Acknowledging ambivalence: the creation of communal memory in the writing of Toni Morrison. Wasafiri, 13(27), 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690059808589588

Vancouver

Bowers M. Acknowledging ambivalence: the creation of communal memory in the writing of Toni Morrison. Wasafiri. 1998;13(27):19-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690059808589588

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Bowers, Maggie. / Acknowledging ambivalence : the creation of communal memory in the writing of Toni Morrison. In: Wasafiri. 1998 ; Vol. 13, No. 27. pp. 19-23.

Bibtex

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