The emergence of a transnational social formation and the mirage of return migration among Dominican transmigrants

Identities

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-322

  Guarnizo, Luis Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; Gender relations; National identity; Return migration; Transnational migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000969958     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.1997.9962591     Document Type: Article

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