Genres of Departure: Forced Migrants’ Family Separation and Personal Narratives
By: Johanna Hiitola and Valtteri Vähä-Savo
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.372 | Journal eISSN: 1799-649X
Language: English
Page range: 235 - 249
Submitted on: Jul 22, 2020
Accepted on: Mar 29, 2021
Published on: Sep 3, 2021
Published by: Helsinki University Press
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