Gendered Racial Identity of Black Young Women

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 530-542

  Thomas, Anita Jones ^a   Hacker, Jason Daniel ^a   Hoxha, Denada ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Gender; Identity; Race; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952987952     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9939-y     Document Type: Article

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