Re-membering black greeks: Racial memory and identity in stomp the yard

Critical Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-123

  Hughey, Matthew W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American fraternities and sororities; collective memory; film; racial identity; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650130123     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920510378771     Document Type: Article

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