Crafting migrant women’s citizenship in Japan: Taking “family” as a vantage point

International Journal of Japanese Sociology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-69

  Ito, Ruri ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Gender; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247651180     PISSN: 09187545     EISSN: 14756781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6781.2005.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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