Gendered Spaces On Trial: The Influence Of Regional Gender Contracts On In-Migration Of Women To Rural Norway

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-20

  Grimsrud, Gro Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender contract; Locality; Migration; Rural space

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

NORWAY;

EID: 79952291604     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2011.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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