Blackness in transition: Decoding racial constructs through stories of Ethiopian Jews

Journal of Folklore Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-32

  Salamon, Hagar ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 38549156847     PISSN: 07377037     EISSN: 15430413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/JFR.2003.40.1.3     Document Type: Article

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