Meridians 5:2

Creator

Paula J. Giddings

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v–viii

Creation Date

3-1-2005

Publisher

Duke University Press

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Editor's Introduction to the issue archived as published.

The Smith College community has full-text access to the journal Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism.

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Journal

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"A country like this forces you to find your underground spring to survive," wrote the late South African-born writer Bessie Head. The epigrammatic words, quoted on the cover of her novel When Rain Clouds Gather (1968), refer to Head's adopted home of Botswana; but as is true with all fine writers, her specificity is a loose-fitting garment, a thing that may be worn across a multitude of boundaries....