Boys to men: How perceptions of manhood influence the romantic partnerships of black men

Western Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-122

  Chaney, Cassandra ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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