Discourse, identity, and "Homeland as other" at the Borderlands

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-405

  Hardwick, Susan W ^a   Mansfield, Ginger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada U.S. border; Discourse; Identity; Immigration; War resisters

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MULTICULTURALISM; NATIONAL IDENTITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949120120     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600802708408     Document Type: Article

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