Fighters, victims and survivors: Constructions of ethnicity, gender and refugeeness among Tamils in Sri Lanka

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-333

  Schrijvers, Joke ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER ROLE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; REFUGEE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033494129     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/12.3.307     Document Type: Article

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