Shifting identity: Process and change in identity of aging Mexican-American males

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Villereal, Gary L ^a   Cavazos Jr , Alonzo ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender roles; Identity; Machismo; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944354614     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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