Creating 'Alternative Geographies': Religion, Transnationalism and Everyday Life

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1678-1694

  Sheringham, Olivia ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; NATIONALISM; RELIGION; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79251504924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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