'Knowing where you've come from': Ruptures and continuities of time and kinship in narratives of adoption reunions

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 687-703

  Carsten, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29244437646     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.00040     Document Type: Article

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