Is everyone Irish on St Patrick's Day? Divergent expectations and experiences of collective self-objectification at a multicultural parade

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 249-264

  Pehrson, Samuel ^a   Stevenson, Clifford ^a   Muldoon, Orla T ^b   Reicher, Steve ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901823860     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12029     Document Type: Article

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