The Melungeon Identity Movement and the Construction of Appalachian Whiteness

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 131-146

  Puckett, Anita ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937382498     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2001.11.1.131     Document Type: Article

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