"We don't sleep around like white girls do": Family, culture, and gender in Filipina American lives

Signs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 415-440

  Espiritu, Yen Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0011120949     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/495599     Document Type: Article

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