A house of one's own: Gender, migration, and residence in rural Mexico

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-187

  Pauli, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic space; Gender; Kinship; Mexico; Migration; Postmarital residence; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450150904     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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