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Mahdavi, Pardis, 1978-

Crossing the Gulf : love and family in migrant lives / Pardis Mahdavi. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016] - 208 p. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780804794428 9780804798839

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immigrants--Family relationships--Arabian peninsula.
Women immigrants--Family relationships--Arabian peninsula.
Immigrants--Social conditions.--Arabian peninsula
Women immigrants--Social conditions.--Arabian peninsula

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Arabian peninsula--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

LC Class. No.: JV8750 / .M34 2016