Self in community: African american women’s views of self-esteem

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-92

  Defrancisco, Victoria L ^a   Chatham Carpenter, April ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Women; Dialectic Tensions; Gender; Interpersonal And Intrapersonal Communication; Self esteem; Self reliance; Social Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937326560     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106461700246634     Document Type: Article

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