Counterspaces: A Unit of Analysis for Understanding the Role of Settings in Marginalized Individuals' Adaptive Responses to Oppression

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 257-270

  Case, Andrew D ^a   Hunter, Carla D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive responding; Coping; Counterspaces; Oppression; Resistance; Settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864554458     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9497-7     Document Type: Article

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