Modesty and modernity: Photography, race, and representation on Mexico's Costa Chica (Guerrero)

Identities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-499

  Lewis, Laura ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackness; Gender; Mexico; Photography; Race

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; GENDER; MODERNITY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RACE;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746415826     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890490883830     Document Type: Article

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