Travelling together?: Work, intimacy, and home amongst British expatriate couples in Dubai

Gender and Family Among Transnational Professionals

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 63-84

  Walsh, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925708610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203939093     Document Type: Chapter

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