Bodies on the line: Identity markers among mexican street youth

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-81

  Herrera, Elsa ^a   Jones, Gareth A ^a   de Benítez, Sarah Thomas ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Identity markers; Mexico; Performance; Street youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959621901     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280802630932     Document Type: Article

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