Types, meanings and ambivalence in intergenerational exchanges among Cambodian refugee families in the United States

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-715

  Lewis, Denise Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Family exchange theory; Immigrant families; Intergenerational exchanges

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; REFUGEE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849129638     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007034     Document Type: Article

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