Essentialism versus complexity: Conceptions of racial identity construction in educational scholarship

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-100

  Gosine, Kevin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Identity; Poststructuralism; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645356575     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: 03802361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602189     Document Type: Review

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