Outsider in: Race, attraction, and research in New Orleans

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-261

  Hawkins, Robert L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans; Qualitative research; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749283067     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800409351972     Document Type: Article

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