Refraining the ruins: Pruitt-igoe, structural racism, and african american rhetoric as a space for cultural critique

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-309

  Birmingham, Elizabeth ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033419077     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570319909374643     Document Type: Article

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