'Wherever I lay my head is home' - young people's experience of home in the brazilian street environment

Children's Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-234

  Ursin, Marit ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brazil; Home; Homelessness; Latin america; Street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957557562     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.562382     Document Type: Article

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