"We just don't know each other": Racialised girls negotiate mediated multiculturalism in a less diverse canadian city

Journal of Intercultural Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-487

  de Finney, Sandrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginality; Canada; Immigration; Indigeneity; Intersectionality; Multiculturalism; Racialised girls; Social inclusion; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958606506     PISSN: 07256868     EISSN: 14699540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2010.513082     Document Type: Article

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