Still ‘breadwinners’ and ‘providers’: Singaporean husbands, money and masculinity in transnational marriages

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 867-883

  Cheng, Yi'En ^a   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^b   Zhang, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

gender; masculinities; money; Singapore; transnational marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930575413     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2014.917282     Document Type: Article

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