The problem with tragic narratives: Lessons from the Los Angeles uprising

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-243

  Jacobs, Ronald N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Culture; Narrative; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012430053     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010774209910     Document Type: Article

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