A national cautionary tale: Russian women newcomers to Israel portrayed

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-104

  Golden, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PROSTITUTION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0037252678     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8219.00086     Document Type: Article

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