'Christmas time' and the struggles for the household in the countryside: Rethinking the cultural geography of migrant labour in South Africa

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 681-699

  Ngwane, Zolani ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; MIGRANT WORKER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0041530015     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070306222     Document Type: Article

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