Invisible racism: The language and ontology of 'White Trash'

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-401

  Wilson, Jacqueline Zara ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Class; Race; Racism; Underclass; White Trash; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036455965     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X020220040101     Document Type: Review

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