Home(land) décor: China adoptive parents' consumption of Chinese cultural objects for display in their homes

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-220

  Traver, Amy E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; China; Consumption; Ethnicity; Globalization; Identity; Mothering; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548221545     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-007-9068-7     Document Type: Article

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