Transnational ruptures and sutures: Questions of identity and social relations among Guatemalans in Canada

GeoJournal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-67

  Nolin, Catherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Geography; Guatemala; Refugees; Social spaces; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STABILITY;

TRANSNATIONAL RUPTURES;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; REFUGEE;

CANADA;

EID: 0037005246     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021709019790     Document Type: Article

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