Migrant masculinities and domestic space: British home-making practices in Dubai

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 516-529

  Walsh, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Home; Masculinities gender; Skilled migration; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER ROLE; LABOR MIGRATION; MASCULINIZATION; MATERIAL CULTURE; SKILLED LABOR;

DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 80052572659     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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