South Asian transnational marriages in comparative perspective

Global Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-344

  Charsley, Katharine ^a   Shaw, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

STRESS STRATEGIC MOTIVATIONS; TRANSFORMING TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS; TRANSNATIONAL MARRIAGES;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; GENDER RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PARENTAL CARE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748801717     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2006.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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