Fitting in: The embodied politics of race in Seattle's desegregated schools

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-129

  Veninga, Catherine ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Body; Desegregation; Performativity; Race

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNOPOLITICS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACE; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 59249107477     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360802652103     Document Type: Article

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