Stories of fracture and claim for belonging: Young migrants' narratives of arrival in britain

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-171

  Adams, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Childhood; Children's narratives; Migration; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959609836     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280902798878     Document Type: Article

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