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Original Articles

Reading the Ink Around Us: How Karen Refugee Youth Use Tattoos as an Alternative Literacy Practice

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Pages 145-163 | Received 06 Dec 2017, Accepted 03 Aug 2018, Published online: 02 Jan 2019

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