The value of single-site ethnography in the global era: Studying transnational experiences in the migrant house

Area

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-263

  Gielis, Ruben ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domestic things; Emotional sense of place; Migrant house; Relational sense of place; Single site ethnography; Transnational experience

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SENSE OF PLACE; TRANSMIGRATION;

EID: 79960981109     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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