Feminist identity among Latina adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 750-776

  Manago, Adriana M ^a   Brown, Christia ^b   Leaper, Campbell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Hispanics; Narratives; Sexism; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350560415     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558409341079     Document Type: Article

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