Cultural geographies of counter- Diasporic migration: Perspectives from the study of second-generation 'returnees' to Greece

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-119

  King, Russell ^a   Christou, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Greece; Home; Identity; Return migration; Second generation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; DIASPORA; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION;

GREECE;

EID: 76749083920     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.543     Document Type: Article

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