Do blind people see race? Social, legal, and theoretical considerations

Law and Society Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 585-616

  Obasogie, Osagie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FACE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSE ORGAN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION;

BLINDNESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; RACE RELATIONS; SENSE ORGANS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIALIZATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77958617780     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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