Situating oneself in a racialized world: Understanding student reactions to crash through standpoint theory and context-positionality frames

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-90

  Kinefuchi, Etsuko ^a   Orbe, Mark P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Crash; Race; Racial Standpoint; Racism; Standpoint Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958019023     PISSN: 17513057     EISSN: 17513065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513050701742909     Document Type: Article

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