Social suffering and embodied states of male transnational migrancy in San Francisco, California

Identities

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-362

  Quayson, Valentina Napolitano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Latinos; Masculinity; San Francisco; Suffering; Transnational labour

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HOMELESSNESS; MIGRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244490283     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890500203231     Document Type: Article

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