Reconstituting racial histories and identities: the narratives of interracial couples.
This study explores the process by which interracial spouses construct narratives about their racial histories, identities, and experiences in their relationship together. Ten black-white couples were interviewed individually and conjointly. The results reflected interracial spouses' experience of t...
| Published in: | Journal of Marital & Family Therapy Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 27 - 43 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
January 2001
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