Irish babies, African mothers: Rites of passage and rights in citizenship in post-millennial Ireland

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 803-831

  Shandy, Dianna J ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Citizenship; European Union; Irish; Migration; Racism; Reproduction; Rite of passage; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549119565     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.0.0029     Document Type: Review

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