Neomodern insecurity in haiti and the politics of asylum

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-159

  James, Erica Caple ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylum; Haiti; Humanitarianism; Insecurity; Refugee; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; HAITI; HUMAN; INJURY; LITERATURE; MALE; POLITICS; REFUGEE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ALTRUISM; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; REFUGEES; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849118835     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-008-9125-z     Document Type: Article

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