Tuareg labor migration, gendered spaces, and the predicament of women

City and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 282-311

  Rasmussen, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; GENDER RELATIONS; LABOR MIGRATION; PASTORALISM; WOMENS STATUS;

NIGER;

EID: 0036925174     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/city.2002.14.2.282     Document Type: Article

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