To "brown it up" or to "bring down the brown": Identity and strategy in second-generation, South Asian-Canadian youth

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-278

  Sundar, Purnima ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Identity; Race; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749285645     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15313200802258166     Document Type: Article

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