Faces of "Asian brides": Gender, race and class in the representations of immigrant women in Japan

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-417

  Nakamatsu, Tomoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; GENDER RELATIONS; MARRIAGE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 24344495523     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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