Endogenous race in Brazil: Affirmative action and the construction of racial identity among young adults

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 731-753

  Francis, Andrew M ^a   Tannuri Pianto, Maria ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ETHNICITY; HOMOGENEITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACIAL IDENTITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84879803667     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670375     Document Type: Article

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