Negotiating the transnational moment: Immigrant letters as performance of a diasporic identity

National Identities

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-131

  DeHaan, Kathleen A ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Dutch; Identity; Immigration; Letter writing; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952605458     PISSN: 14608944     EISSN: 14699907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14608940902929789     Document Type: Article

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