Research Article
The Colonizer/Colonized Chicana Ethnographer: Identity, Marginalization, and Co-optation in the Field
Sofia Villenas
Harvard Educational Review December 1996, 66 (4) 711-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.66.4.3483672630865482
Sofia Villenas
1
University of Utah

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Sofia Villenas
Harvard Educational Review Dec 1996, 66 (4) 711-732; DOI: 10.17763/haer.66.4.3483672630865482
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