Building new cultures, reframing old images: Success strategies of interracial couples

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-249

  Foeman, Anita ^a   Nance, Teresa ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interracial Couples; Race Relations; Relationship Communication; Relationship Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937381635     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170290109716     Document Type: Article

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