Dating Across Race: An Examination of African American Internet Personal Advertisements

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 964-982

  Wilson, Shauna B ^a   Mcintosh, William D ^a   Insana, Salvatore P ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dating preferences; exchange theory; Internet personal advertisements; interracial dating; mate selection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249147632     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934705282375     Document Type: Article

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