From shame to confidence: Gender, religious conversion, and civic engagement of Mexicans in the U.S. South

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-56

  Marquardt, Marie Friedmann ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RELIGION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144251232     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X04271850     Document Type: Article

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