Descendants of Slaves: The articulation of mixed racial ancestry in a Danish television documentary series

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-469

  Marselis, Randi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

'race'; Denmark; Descendants; Family history; Nordic countries; Slavery; Television documentary

Indexed keywords

EID: 54549116990     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549408094982     Document Type: Article

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