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Stories of fracture and claim for belonging: young migrants' narratives of arrival in Britain

Mary Adams Department of Anthropology, Marlowe Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 8NZ, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 159-171 | Published online: 18 Jun 2009

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