Who We Are: The Perplexity of Iranian-American Identity

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-703

  Mostofi, Nilou ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 1142265356     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb00531.x     Document Type: Review

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