Negotiating the indistinct: Reflections of a Korean Adopted American working with Korean Born, Korean Americans

Qualitative Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-495

  Palmer, John D ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant education; Insider researcher; Racial ethnic identity; Reflexivity; Researcher's role

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750209871     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106068017     Document Type: Article

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