Portraying tiger woods: Characterizations of a “black” athlete in a “white” sport

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Billings, Andrew C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Golf; Media; Sport; Tiger Woods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348085173     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170304274     Document Type: Article

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