Re-Gendering Social Work Practice and Education: The Case for African-American Girls

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 91-104

  Cousin, Linwood H ^a   Mabrey, Tracey ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American girls; Black adolescents; Re gendering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937267872     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v01n02_06     Document Type: Article

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