"What are you and where are you from?": Race, identity, and the vicissitudes of cultural relevance

Urban Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-300

  Dutro, Elizabeth ^a   Kazemi, Elham ^b   Balf, Ruth ^b   Lin, Yih Sheue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Equity; Race; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449100030     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907305177     Document Type: Article

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