Cultural appropriation and the crafting of racialized selves in American youth organizations: Toward an ethnographic approach

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-213

  Strong, Pauline Turner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural appropriation; Hybrid traditions; Playing Indian; Racial mimesis; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849103046     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708608325918     Document Type: Article

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