Berg-en-See street boys: Merging street and family relations in Cape Town, South Africa

Children's Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-336

  van Blerk, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

family; gangs; relational perspective; siblings; South Africa; street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864666795     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2012.693381     Document Type: Article

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