Illegible humanity: The refugee, human rights, and the question of representation

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-282

  Limbu, Bishupal ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Cosmopolitanism; Ethics; Hospitality; Human rights; Literature and politics; Representation; Social death; The human

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN RIGHTS; REFUGEE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70349436049     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fep021     Document Type: Article

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