Saving (and losing) face, race, and authority: Strategies of action in a ninth-grade english class

Classroom Authority: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 87-112

  Pace, Judith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410617163     Document Type: Chapter

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