Black skin/white masks: The performative sustainability of whiteness (with apologies to Frantz Fanon)

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 647-672

  Alexander, Keith Bryant ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Frantz Fanon; Performativity; Sustainability; White(ness) Studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247669966     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800403257640     Document Type: Article

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