Difficult distinctions: Refugee law, humanitarian practice, and political identification in Gaza

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-169

  Feldman, Ilana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Humanitarianism; Law; Palestine; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846269680     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2007.22.1.129     Document Type: Article

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