Black men in the margins: Space traders and the interpositional strategy against b(l)acklash

Communication Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-302

  Brooks, Dwight E ^a   Jacobs, Walter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007776128     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510979609368484     Document Type: Article

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