Liminal lives: Immigration status, gender, and the construction of identities among malian migrants in Paris

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-26

  Sargent, Carolyn F ^a   Larchanché Kim, Stéphanie ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

France; Identities; Immigration; Polygamy; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747788048     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764206289652     Document Type: Article

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