Immigrant women in Barcelona: Coping with the consequences of transnational lives

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1113-1144

  Zontini, Elisabetta ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Families; Filipino migrants; Migrant women; Moroccan migrants; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; KINSHIP; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 10244270665     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183042000286278     Document Type: Article

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