"Our child doesn't talk to us anymore": Alienation in immigrant Chinese families

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-179

  Qin, Desiree Baolian ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Education; Immigrant families; Parallel dual frame of reference; Parent child relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744512091     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2006.37.2.162     Document Type: Article

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