When is inequality a problem?: Victim contests, injustice frames, and the case of the office of gay, lesbian, and bisexual student support services at Indiana University

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-284

  Berbrier, Mitch ^a   Pruett, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims making; Constructionism; Framing; Homosexuals; Inequality; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646424754     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241605285098     Document Type: Review

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