Women in waiting? Singlehood, marriage, and family in Singapore

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 832-848

  Ramdas, Kamalini ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Family; Heteronormativity; Marriage; Single women; Singlehood; Space; Time; Waiting

Indexed keywords

HEGEMONY; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84864275750     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4444     Document Type: Article

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