The hybrid self and the ambivalence of boundaries

Social Identities

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-312

  Marotta, Vince P ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Ethnicity; Hybridity; Park; Simmel; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; ETHNICITY; HYBRID; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 46949108723     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630802088052     Document Type: Article

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