Book Review: Lapanun, P. (2019). Love, Money and Obligation. Transnational Marriage in a Northeastern Thai Village

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https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0072

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Mimy Keomanichanh, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Mimy Keomanichanh is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the Laboratory of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds (LAMC) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Her research focuses on conjugal mixedness and emotion work among Lao-Belgian couples living in Belgium and Laos.

References

Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A social critique of the judgment of taste. Routledge.

Mahler, S. J., & Pessar, P. R. (2001). Gendered geographies of power: Analyzing gender across transnational spaces. Identities,7 (4), 441-459.

Zelizer, V. (1989). The social meaning of money: ‘Special Moneys’. The American Journal of Sociology,95(2), 342-377.

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2022-12-23

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2022): Challenging Stereotypes in Europe-Thailand Transnational Migration

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