Ordinary refugees: Social precarity and soul in 21st century Japan

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 345-370

  Allison, Anne ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home; Hope; Japan; Politics; Precarity; Sociality; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861589099     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: 15341518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2012.0027     Document Type: Article

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