Where are you from? identity construction and experiences of 'othering' in the narratives of Sudanese refugee-background Australians

Discourse and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-68

  Hatoss, Anikó ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

African refugees; ethnic identity; immigrant discourses; narratives; positioning; Sudanese Australians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856487283     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926511419925     Document Type: Article

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