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Download full textKeefe, Susan Emley – 1977
Mexican American extended family structure in the California towns of Santa Barbara, Santa Paula, and Oxnard was examined to assess the extent to which it fitted the "traditional" Mexican American family, and to compare Mexican American family structure with that of Anglo Americans. The effects of urbanization, acculturation, and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Extended Family
Keefe, Susan Emley – Urban Anthropology, 1980
Survey found that: (1) immigrant Mexican networks are the smallest, are kin and friend based, and include almost exclusively Mexicans; (2) American born Mexican American networks are the largest, are kin based, and are somewhat ethnically mixed; and (3) Anglo American networks are relatively small, are friend based, and are almost exclusively…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
