Waiting time: The de-subjectification of children in Danish asylum centres

Childhood

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-42

  Vitus, Kathrine ^a  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asylum centres; Asylum seeking children; De subjectification; Denmark; Existential boredom; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649269143     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568209351549     Document Type: Article

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