Gendered power in cultural contexts: Part II. Middle class African American heterosexual couples with young children

Family Process

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-39

  Cowdery, Randi S ^a   Scarborough, Norma ^b   Knudson Martin, Carmen ^c   Seshadri, Gita ^c   Lewis, Monique E ^c   Mahoney, Anne Rankin ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Oaks College   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Couples; Culture; Gender; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449159770     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2009.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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