Communal discourses, marriage, and the politics of gendered social boundaries among south Asian immigrants in Tanzania

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-139

  Nagar, Richa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANTS; COMMUNITY LEVEL; GENDER STUDIES; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL RELATIONS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0031851855     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663699825241     Document Type: Article

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