Blurring racial and ethnic boundaries in Asian American families: Asian American family patterns, 1980-2005

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-300

  Hidalgo, Danielle Antoinette ^a   Bankston, Carl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Family; Intermarriage; Race ethnicity; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749094718     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09350870     Document Type: Article

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