Negotiating the present, historicizing the future: Palestinian children speak about the Israeli separation wall

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1101-1124

  Shalhoub Kevorkian, Nadera ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child's agency; Israeli seperation wall; Palestinian children; Violence in conflict zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344455386     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205284721     Document Type: Article

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