Power, resistance, and emotional economies in women's relationships with mothers-in-law in Chinese immigrant families

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-357

  Shih, Kristy Y ^a   Pyke, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrant families; Emotions; Gender; In law relations; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749127782     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09350875     Document Type: Article

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