The construction of South-Asian-American womanhood: Implications for counseling and psychotherapy

Women and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 51-61

  Patel, Neesha R ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical consciousness; Feminist therapy; Gendered racism; Multicultural counseling; Sexism; South Asian American women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547251092     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v30n03_05     Document Type: Article

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