TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gates, Henry Louis.
TI  -  Figures in Black: words, signs, and the "racial" self 
SN  - 019503564X (alk. paper)
U1  - 810/.9/896073  22
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - American literature
KW  -  African American authors
KW  -  History and criti cism
KW  - African Americans
KW  -  Intellectual life
KW  - African Americans in literature
KW  - Slavery in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-296) and index
ER  -