Locating the dialogical self in the age of transnational migrations, border crossings and diasporas

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-309

  Bhatia, Sunil ^a   Ram, Anjali ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cultural identity; Dialogical self; Diaspora; South Asian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039782268     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X0173003     Document Type: Review

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