'The first Taiwanese wives' and 'the Chinese mistresses': The international division of labour in familial and intimate relations across the Taiwan Strait

Global Networks

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-437

  Shen, Hsiu Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

GLOBAL ECONOMY; MISTRESSES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

GENDER RELATIONS; LABOR DIVISION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 29144444499     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2005.00127.x     Document Type: Review

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