ABSTRACT
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|48 pages
MASS MEDIA, BIOGRAPHY, AND CULTURAL MEMORY
part II|28 pages
PRIVATE LIVES, PUBLIC FIGURES
part III|34 pages
CHANGING THE SUBJECT
chapter 8|14 pages
RECONSTRUCTING ENTERPRISE
Madam Walker Black Womanhood, and the Transformation of the American Culture of Success
part IV|56 pages
WHOSE LIFE IS IT, ANYWAY?
part V|38 pages
POSTMODERNISM AND THE POSSIBILITY OF BIOGRAPHY