Thai-Swedish Couples in the Swedish Daily Press—Discursive Constitutions of “the Other”

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-37

  Hedman, Helena ^a   Nygren, Lennart ^b   Fahlgren, Siv ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77950722960     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038740802690677     Document Type: Article

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