The racialised somatic norm and the senior civil service

Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 651-670

  Puwar, Nirmal Kaur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Class; Embodiment; Institutional racism; Senior civil service; Somatic norm; Space invaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035429886     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0038038501000335     Document Type: Article

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