Intersectional identities and the politics of altruistic care in a low-income, urban community

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 418-428

  Mattis, Jacqueline S ^a   Grayman, Nyasha A ^b   Cowie, Sheri Ann ^a   Winston, Cynthia ^c   Watson, Carolyn ^a   Jackson, Daisy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Altruism; Class; Intersectionality; Positive psychology; Prosocial; Race; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249142923     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9426-2     Document Type: Article

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