Bangladeshi migrant workers in malaysia: The construction of the “others” in a multi-ethnic context

Asian Journal of Social Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 246-267

  Dannecker, Petra ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CITIZENSHIP; CULTURAL CHANGE; ETHNICITY; GLOBALIZATION; MIGRANT WORKER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 25444479398     PISSN: 15684849     EISSN: 15685314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568531054930820     Document Type: Article

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