The gap between whites and whiteness: Interracial Intimacy and Racial Literacy

Du Bois Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 341-363

  Twine, France Winddance ^a   Steinbugler, Amy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Britain; Gay and Lesbian; Interracial Families; Race; Racial Literacy; Racism; Social Theory; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149106836     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X06060231     Document Type: Article

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