Tigers and gangsters: Masculinities and feminised migration in Indonesia

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-238

  Elmhirst, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factory labour; Indonesia; Masculinity; Migration; Performativity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FEMINISM; LABOR MIGRATION; MASCULINIZATION; MODERNITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; LAMPUNG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST JAVA;

EID: 34249033971     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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