The construction of black high-achiever identities in a predominantly white high school

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-317

  Carter, Dorinda J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73349108081     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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