Marrying a marilyn of the tropics: Manhood and nationhood in Filipina-Japanese marriages

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 427-454

  Suzuki, Nobue ^a  

^a Nagasaki Wesleyan University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binary divisions; Filipina Japanese marriages; Global processes; History; Masculinity; National identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250810693     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2007.0035     Document Type: Review

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