'Naked' bodies experimenting with intimate relations among migrant workers in South China

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-328

  Ma, Eric ^a   Cheng, Hau Ling ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intimacy; Marriage; Modernity; Tradition; Urbanity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644521862     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877905055680     Document Type: Review

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