Conservative critiques of African-American culture: Anthropological and philosophical perspectives on the claim of false consciousness

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-110

  Shanafelt, Robert ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Ethnography; Identity; Race consciousness; Relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944462100     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499604040849     Document Type: Article

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