Cultural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities in the Creation of “Happily Ever After” Stories of Intercultural Couplehood

The Family Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-147

  Molina, Bogusia ^a   Estrada, Diane ^b   Burnett, Judith A ^c  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22144486441     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: 15523950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480703261962     Document Type: Article

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