The tie that binds: Race, gender and US violence

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 917-938

  Collins, Patricia Hill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women's experiences of violence; Definitions of violence; Race and gender; Social constructions of violence; Transversal politics; Violence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; GENDER ISSUE; RACE; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032414039     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198798329720     Document Type: Article

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