Representing 'cross-cultural' relationships: Troubling essentialist visions of power and identity in a Thai tourist setting

ACME

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 279-299

  Malam, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cross cultural relationship; Gendered identity; Romance tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750445943     PISSN: 14929732     EISSN: 14929732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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