Doing whiteness: On the performative dimensions of race in the classroom

Communication Education

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-108

  Warren, John T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical ethnography; Performativity; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035625867     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520109379237     Document Type: Article

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