African American family and parenting strategies in impoverished neighborhoods

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-288

  Jarrett, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

African american children; African american families; Qualitative research; Underclass; Urban ethnography; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000102495     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024717803273     Document Type: Article

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