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A portrait of widowhood and aging among urban Blacks
 — Toni Cade Bambara's "My Man Bovanne"
Author(s)Scott Johnson
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 6, no 1, Spring 1992
Pagespp 13-22
KeywordsAgeing process ; Fiction ; Sexual activity ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Ethnic groups.
AnnotationDiscusses the relevance of imaginative writing to the study of gerontology, and assesses one particular short story for it's insights into issues such as sexuality, disability, parent-child relationships and role strain, ethnicity and widowhood.
Accession NumberCPA-941109002 A
ClassmarkBG: HKF: BIU: TOB: TK

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