"Bein' alive & bein' a woman & bein' colored is a metaphysical dilemma": Black female social integration at a predominantly white institution

Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages 107-129

  Miles, Sandra ^a   Jones, Tamara Bertrand ^a   Clemons, Kristal Moore ^a   Golay, Patricia ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888097891     PISSN: 14793644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3644(2011)0000008010     Document Type: Article

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