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Crossing the Gulf : love and family in migrant lives /

Crossing the Gulf tells the stories of the intimate lives of migrants in the Gulf cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City. Pardis Mahdavi reveals the interconnections between migration and emotion, between family and state policy, and shows how migrants can be both mobilized and immobilized by t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahdavi, Pardis, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Im/mobilities and im/migrations
  • Love, labor, and the law
  • Inflexible citizenship and flexible practices
  • Changing home/s
  • Children of the emir
  • Transformations and mobilizations
  • Negotiated intimacies and unwanted gifts.