Enforcing borders in the Nuevo South: Gender and migration in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Research Triangle, North Carolina

Gender and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 613-638

  Deeb Sossa, Natalia ^a   Bickham Mendez, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderlands; Citizenship; Gender; Migration; Other construction; Social boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049120077     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208321380     Document Type: Article

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