Transcending global and national (mis)representations through local responses to displacement: The case of Zimbabwean (ex-)farm workers

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-377

  Hartnack, Andrew ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Displacement; Farm workers; Internally displaced person; Land invasions; Representation; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LAND RIGHTS; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REFUGEE; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 70349432320     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fep022     Document Type: Article

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