'It got very debauched, very Dubai!' Heterosexual intimacy amongst single British expatriates

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-533

  Walsh, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British expatriates; Dubai; Emotion; Gender; Heterosexualities; Intimacy

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; NATIONALISM; SEX ROLE; SEXUALITY;

ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 34548570398     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360701529774     Document Type: Article

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