Cross-cultural cyber-marriages: A global socio-economic strategy for young Jordanians

Social Identities

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-186

  Shunnaq, Mohammed ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural marriage; Hybrid cultures; Internet; Jordan

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INTERNET; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67650070326     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630902778578     Document Type: Article

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