‘Coming to China changed my life’: Gender roles and relations among single British migrants

Gender and Family Among Transnational Professionals

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 211-232

  Willis, Katie D ^a   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84925751392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203939093     Document Type: Chapter

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