Chicana Identity Construction: Pushing the Boundaries

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-113

  Vera, Helen ^a   Santos, Esmeralda De Los ^b  

^a San Antonio College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicana ethnic identity; ethnic identity construction; ethnic identity theory; Mexican American women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990330041     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192704273154     Document Type: Article

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