The social construction of whiteness: Racism by intent, racism by consequence

Critical Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 649-673

  Guess, Teresa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Race; Social constructionism; Structuration theory; Whiteness; Whiteness studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148978176     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156916306779155199     Document Type: Article

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