It's a struggle but worth it: Identifying and managing identities in an interracial friendship

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 368-390

  Diggs, Rhunette C ^a   Clark, Kathleen D ^b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Identity; Intercultural; Interracial; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849131746     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370209385673     Document Type: Article

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