Undocumented in a documentary society: Textual borders and transnational religious literacies

Written Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 436-461

  Vieira, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian immigrants; documentary society; migrant literacies; religious writing; transnational literacies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053620177     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088311421468     Document Type: Article

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