The identity politics of school life: Territoriality and the racial subjectivity of teen girls in LA

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-19

  Thomas, Mary E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Ethnicity; Race; Subjectivity; Teen girls

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954710938     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280802630940     Document Type: Article

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