Context, privilege, and contingent cultural identifications in South African group interview discourses

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-318

  Collier, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Context; Cultural Identifications; Group Interview Discourse; Privilege; Race; South Africa; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944470470     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310500305141     Document Type: Review

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