Mixed marriages and transnational families in the intercultural context: A case study of African-Spanish couples in Catalonia

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-433

  Rodríguez García, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Hybridity; Immigration; Interculturalism; Mixed marriages; Social incorporation; Spain; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; MARRIAGE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33644602497     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830600555186     Document Type: Article

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