Negotiating Femininity: Power and Strategies of Mexican American Girls

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 301-314

  Denner, Jill ^a   Dunbar, Nora ^b  

^a ETR ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Femininity; Latinas

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142652940     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000018887.04206.d0     Document Type: Review

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