Rethinking race, revealing dilemmas: Imagining a new racial subject in race traitor

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-207

  Flores, Lisa A ^a   Moon, Dreama G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035994706     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310209374732     Document Type: Article

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