Constructions of nation, family and gender: Collective narratives of war by evacuated Karelians

Ethnicities

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-83

  Komulainen, Katri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Nationalism; Refugees; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247450911     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796803003001787     Document Type: Review

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