Unsettling resettlement: Problematizing "lost Boys of Sudan" Resettlement and identity

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-414

  McKinnon, Sara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

"Lost Boys of Sudan"; Identity; Refugees; Resettlement; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049184657     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310802446056     Document Type: Article

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