Intergenerational relationships in a transnational context: The case of Turkish families

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-467

  Şenyürekli, Ayşem R ^a,b   Detzner, Daniel F ^b  

^a Human Rights Education Program at the Advocates for Human Rights   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Intergenerational relationships; Transnational families; Turkish families; Turkish immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949130592     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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