Constructing the family: Mexican migrant households, marriage, and the state

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-77

  Castellanos, M Bianet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Housing policies; Indigenous migration; Mexico; Settlement

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER RELATIONS; HOUSING POLICY; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; STATE ROLE;

CANCUN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

EID: 37449031756     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X07311365     Document Type: Article

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