Narratives of the past and present: Young refugees' construction of a family identity in exile

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-112

  Bek Pedersen, Kathrine ^a   Montgomery, Edith ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescent refugees; Family; Home; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33645161595     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fej003     Document Type: Article

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