Sister acts: Resisting men's domination in black and white fraternity little sister programs

Social Problems

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-275

  Stombler, Mindy ^a   Padavic, Irene ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041047540     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3096945     Document Type: Article

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