Sacrifice as coping: A case study of the cultural-political framing of traumatic experiences among Eelam Tamils in Norway

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 376-389

  Guribye, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Cultural political narratives; Martyrs; Norway; Sacrifice; Tamils; Traumatic experiences

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; REFUGEE;

NORWAY;

EID: 79956009970     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fer004     Document Type: Article

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