The structuring of feeling in Ghanaian transnational families

City and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-250

  Coe, Cati ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Family; Ghana; Socialization; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; MIGRATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 76649132005     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-744X.2008.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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