Too maternal and not womanly enough: Asian-American women's gender identity conflict

Women and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 35-50

  Suh, Sung Ha ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American women; Female identity; Mother daughter relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547327629     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v30n03_04     Document Type: Article

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