What happens when we unpack the invisible knapsack? Intersectional political consciousness and inter-group appraisals

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 404-417

  Greenwood, Ronni Michelle ^a   Christian, Aidan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression formation; Intersectionality; Political consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249124483     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9439-x     Document Type: Article

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