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Communication Quarterly Volume 50, 2002 - Issue 3-4: Identity Negotiation: An Exploration of Racial, Cultural and Gendered Identities
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Cultural contracts theory: Toward an understanding of identity negotiation

Ronald L. Jackson II Associate Professor of Culture and Communication Theory, Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Speech Communication, 234 Sparks Building, University Park, PA, 16802 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 359-367 | Published online: 22 May 2009

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