(Re)constructing identities: International marriage migrants as potential agents of social change in a globalising Japan

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-242

  Burgess, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85044879779     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1035782042000291079     Document Type: Article

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