Stains on their self-discipline: Public health, hygiene, and the disciplining of undocumented immigrant parents in the nation's internal borderlands

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 784-798

  Horton, Sarah ^a   Barker, Judith C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 76449087923     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2009.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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