Gendering the diaspora: Zimbabwean migrants in Britain

African Diaspora

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-109

  Pasura, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Gender relations; Marriage; Transnationalism; Zimbabweans in Britain

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449203313     PISSN: 18725457     EISSN: 18725465     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/187254608X346060     Document Type: Article

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