Contested Chinese identities among ethnic minorities in the China, Burma and Thai borderlands

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-320

  Toyota, Mika ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Borderlands; Chinese identity; Gender; Trans localities; Transnational migration

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

CHINA; MYANMAR; THAILAND;

EID: 0037359336     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141987032000054448     Document Type: Article

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