Not allowed to love? Sri Lankan maids in Lebanon

Mobilities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-347

  Moukarbel, Nayla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lebanon; Love; Power; Resistance; Sexuality; Sri Lankan maids

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MIGRATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350223516     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100903195409     Document Type: Article

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