What could i say?' a critical discourse analysis of the construction of race in children's literature

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-46

  Rogers, Rebecca ^a   Christian, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CONFLICT; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACISM;

EID: 33847189166     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320601100351     Document Type: Article

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