Gender relations among Indian couples in the UK and India: Ideals of equality and realities of inequality

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 9-

  Twamley, Katherine ^a  

^a Institute of Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equality; Gender relations; India; Intimacy; Love; Second generation; South asians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870900982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2756     Document Type: Article

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