Dislocated identity and the fragmented body: Discourses of resistance among southern Sudanese refugees in Cairo

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-419

  Coker, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; REFUGEE;

AFRICA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10944258741     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/17.4.401     Document Type: Article

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