Identities for sale: How the tobacco industry construed asians, Asian Americans, and pacific Islanders

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-292

  Fellows, Kelli L ^a   L Rubin, Don ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian Americans; Asian Immigrants; Corporate Documents; Ethnic Advertising; Optimal Distinctiveness Theory; Pacific Islanders; Social Identity; Tobacco Marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651047275     PISSN: 17475759     EISSN: 17475767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17475750601027089     Document Type: Article

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