Social order through a prism: Color as collective representation

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 443-457

  Fine, Gary Alan ^a   Montemurro, Beth ^a   Semora, Bonnie ^a   Stalp, Marybeth C ^a   Claussen, Dane S ^a   Sierra, Zayda ^a  

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EID: 0032259380     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1998.tb00479.x     Document Type: Article

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