Neither here nor there: Mexican immigrant workers and the search for home

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 674-688

  Striffler, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Mexican immigration; Migration; Place; Poultry; U.S. South

Indexed keywords

EID: 35048863798     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.4.674     Document Type: Article

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