Colorstruck: Skin color stratification in the lives of African American women

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-535

  Hunter, Margaret L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032272610     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1998.tb00483.x     Document Type: Article

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