Immigrants' identity negotiations and coping with stigma in different relational frames

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-371

  Valenta, Marko ^a  

^a NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bosnia; Croatia; Immigrants; Iraq; Norway; Self presentation; Social networks; Social relations; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349778873     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2009.32.4.351     Document Type: Article

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