Race-conscious transnational activists with cameras: Mediators of compassion

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-105

  Mahrouse, Gada ^a,b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Simone DeBeauvoir Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical activism; Global; Photographic and visual documentation; Race; Representational practices; Transnational solidarity; Violence; War; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549132847     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877907083082     Document Type: Article

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