Tradition and the invention of racial selves: Symbolic boundaries, collective authenticity, and contemporary struggles for racial equality1

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1557-1575

  Vasquez, Jessica M ^a   Wetzel, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Culture; Mexican Americans; Native Americans; Symbolic boundaries; Tradition

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNIC MINORITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM;

EID: 70350774035     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870802684232     Document Type: Article

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