Gates, Henry Louis. <br/><br/>
Figures in Black :  words, signs, and the "racial" self / 
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  1989. 
 - xxxii, 311 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-296) and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>019503564X (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--African American authors--History and criti cism.<br/>African Americans--Intellectual life.<br/>African Americans in literature.<br/>Slavery in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810/.9/896073