The social construction of racism: The case of second generation Bangladeshis

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Ahmed, Bipasha ^a   Nicolson, Paula ^b   Spencer, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourses; Discursive analysis; Discursive practices; Great britain; Racism; Second generation Bangladeshi; Social construction; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033622282     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(200001/02)10:1<33::aid-casp529>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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