Inhabiting the imaginary: Factory women at home on Batam Island, Indonesia

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-179

  Mack, Jennifer ^a  

^a Antonio di Mambro/Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Export Processing Zones (EPZs); Housing; Imaginary; Indonesia; Migration; Women workers

Indexed keywords

JOURNEY TO WORK; LABOR MIGRATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; BATAM; EURASIA; INDONESIA; RIAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 3843056009     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2004.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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