Shared visions? diversity and cultural membership in American life

Social Problems

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-204

  Edgell, Penny ^a   Tranby, Ediric ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultural membership; Diversity; Multiculturalism; Race and religion; Symbolic boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951032585     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2010.57.2.175     Document Type: Article

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