The truth from the body: Medical certificates as ultimate evidence for asylum seekers

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 597-608

  Fassin, Didier ^a   D'Hallun, Estelle ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Body; Refugees; Truth; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144445745     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.4.597     Document Type: Article

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