Othering difference: Framing identities and representation in black children's schooling in the British context

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-320

  Wright, Cecile ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black children; Education; Identities; Intersectionality; Schooling; Stereotyping; Teachers; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956239590     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2010.498569     Document Type: Article

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