Naming the 'other': Children's construction and experience of racisms in Irish primary schools

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-385

  Devine, Dympna ^a   Kenny, Mairin ^a   Macneela, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children's voice; Peer culture; Power; Racism; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57049157725     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320802478879     Document Type: Article

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