Runaway brides: Anxieties of identity among trafficked Filipina entertainers in South Korea

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-197

  Yea, Sallie ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Filipinas; Identity; Marriage; Migration; Sex trafficking; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 3843070111     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2004.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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