The unbearable lightness of ex-pats: Double Binds of Humanitarian Mobility

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 358-382

  Redfield, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84860440159     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2012.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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