The urban question and identity formation: The case of second-generation Mexican males in Los Angeles

Ethnicities

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-189

  Rendón, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; ethnic boundaries; Identity; Latinos; Mexicans; race relations; second generation; symbolic boundaries; urban context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926185919     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796814557652     Document Type: Article

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