Migrant male domestic workers in comparative perspective: Four case studies from Italy, India, Ivory Coast, and Congo

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-110

  Bartolomei, Maria Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

gender and migration; male domestic workers; social reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956964281     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X10382882     Document Type: Article

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