Flexible and strategic masculinities: The working lives and gendered identities of male migrants in London

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1275-1293

  Batnitzky, Adina ^a   McDowell, Linda ^b   Dyer, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Labour; Masculinity; Migration

Indexed keywords

CLASS; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449469012     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903123088     Document Type: Article

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