Racialized futures: Biologism and the changing politics of identity

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-488

  Skinner, David ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biologism; Biology; Ethnicity; Identity; Politics; Race; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646684757     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706054859     Document Type: Article

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