Strategic social Identities and judgments: A Murder in appalachia

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-107

  Moon, Dreama G ^a   Nakayama, Thomas K ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Gay; Hate crimes; Heterosexuality; Strategic rhetoric; Tactical rhetoric; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844589992     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170590948965     Document Type: Article

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