What about the white women?: Racial politics in a women's studies classroom

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-397

  Hunter, Margaret L ^a   Nettles, Kimberly D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 0033234261     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1319044     Document Type: Article

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