'Our children have only known war': Children's experiences and the uses of childhood in northern uganda

Children's Geographies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-45

  Cheney, Kristen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child soldiers; Discourse; Generations; Lord's resistance army; Normalcy; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049133192     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280500037133     Document Type: Article

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