Playing the game: Recalling dialectical tensions for black men in oppressive organizational structures

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-86

  Hopson, Mark C ^a   Orbe, Mark P ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black manhood; Co cultural communication; Critical memory; Dialectical tensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847101030     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170601147481     Document Type: Article

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