If I'm so white, why ain't i right? Some methodological misgivings on taking identity ascriptions at face-value

Critical Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 675-697

  Bash, Harry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminatory v. differential treatment; Minority v. subordinate group; Race; Reication; Social v. sociological; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148951758     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156916306779155144     Document Type: Article

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