Star-light, star-bright, star damn near white: Mixed-race superstars

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-237

  Dagbovie, Sika Alaine ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847643292     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: 15405931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00376.x     Document Type: Review

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