Becoming Black Women: Intimate Stories and Intersectional Identities

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-196

  Wilkins, Amy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

class; gender; intersectionality; qualitative methods; race; sexuality; social identity; stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868644478     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272512440106     Document Type: Article

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