Where asylum-seekers wait: Feminist counter-topographies of sites between states;Donde esperan quienes buscan asilo: Contra-topografıías feministas de sitios entre estados

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-399

  Mountz, Alison ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylum; Detention; Migration; Nationstate; Refugee; Transnational feminism

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; FEMINISM; MIGRATION; NATION STATE; REFUGEE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 79957529788     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.566370     Document Type: Article

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