Am I a Black Woman or a Woman Who Is Black? A Few Thoughts on the Meaning of Intersectionality

Politics and Gender

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-263

  Jordan Zachery, Julia S ^a,b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 42149121076     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X07000074     Document Type: Article

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