Breaking up the different constituting parts of ethnicity: The case of young Somalis in Norway

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-414

  Fangen, Katrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Belonging; Ethnic identity; Everyday practice; Immigrants; Norway; Somalis; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048970712     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699307083981     Document Type: Article

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