Racism as abjection: A psychoanalytic conceptualisation for a post-apartheid South Africa

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 672-703

  Hook, Derek ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 18444375005     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630403400410     Document Type: Article

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