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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
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Themed Section on ‘gender and im(mobilities)’

Mobilities and waiting: experiences of middle-aged Latvian women who emigrated and those who stayed put

Pages 1193-1208 | Received 21 Mar 2017, Accepted 22 Nov 2017, Published online: 04 Mar 2018

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