Black spaces, black places: Strategic assimilation and identity construction in middle-class suburbia

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 908-930

  Lacy, Karyn R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Black middle class; Identity; Jack and Jill; Race; Segmented; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLASS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUBURBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044236267     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141987042000268521     Document Type: Article

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