Transition and transformation: Nigerian familial formations in Ireland's spaces of regulation and regimentation

African and Black Diaspora

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-89

  Iroh, Anaele Diala ^a  

^a Bard College at Simon's Rock   (United States)

Author keywords

citizenship; Direct Provision; exception; Nigerian migrant families in Ireland; visual ethnography

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957871437     PISSN: 17528631     EISSN: 1752864X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17528630903319847     Document Type: Review

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