Identity politics and cultural asymmetries: Singaporean transmigrants 'fashioning' cosmopolitanism

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 729-746

  Ho, Elaine Lynn Ee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; London; Race; Singapore; Transnational Migration

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ASYMMETRY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IDEOLOGY; MULTICULTURALISM; POPULATION MIGRATION; RACE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952939457     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.559715     Document Type: Article

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