Bodies 'locked up': Intersections of disability and race in Australian immigration

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-301

  Soldatic, K ^a   Fiske, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disability; Immigration; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949104298     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590902789453     Document Type: Article

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