Notes on a cultural sociology of immigrant incorporation

American Journal of Cultural Sociology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-41

  Voyer, Andrea ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alexander; Bakhtin; cultural sociology; Foucault; immigrant incorporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962211595     PISSN: 20497113     EISSN: 20497121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ajcs.2012.5     Document Type: Review

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