Discourses about ethnic group (de-)essentialism: Oppressive and progressive aspects

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-391

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141455151     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466603322438215     Document Type: Article

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