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Food and the challenge to identity for post-war refugee women in Australia

Karen AgutterDepartment of History, School of Humanities, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-4235
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Rachel A. AnkenyDepartment of History, School of Humanities, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 531-553 | Received 01 Oct 2016, Accepted 29 Mar 2017, Published online: 29 May 2017

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