A self of one's own Taiwanese immigrant women and religious conversion

Gender and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-357

  Chen, Carolyn ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Gender; Immigration; Personhood; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944417962     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243204273125     Document Type: Article

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