Social construction of ethnicity versus personal experience: The case of Afro-Amerasians

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-267

  Williams, Teresa Kay ^a   Thornton, Michael C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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