Migrating identities: Gender, whiteness and Britishness in post-colonial Hong Kong

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-60

  Leonard, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British; Expatriate; Hong Kong; Migration; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; MIGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; POST-COLONIALISM; RACE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 38549181632     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701817519     Document Type: Article

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