Shifting geographical configurations in migrant families: Narratives of children reunited with their mothers in Italy

Comparative Population Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-498

  Bonizzoni, Paola ^a   Leonini, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family reunification; Female migration; Transnational childhood; Transnational motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884372134     PISSN: 18698980     EISSN: 18698999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12765/cpos-2013-01     Document Type: Article

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