'Race' in psychology: Teaching the subject

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 841-863

  Henwood, Karen ^a   Phoenix, Ann ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; IQ; Knowledges; Positionings; Prejudice; Psychology; Racism; Situated

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042812966     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.1996.9993938     Document Type: Article

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