Transculturality, Postmigration, and the Imagining of a New Sense of Belonging

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Transculturality, Postmigration, and the Imagining of a New Sense of Belonging. / Petersen, Anne Ring.

In: Transcultural Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, 02.12.2020.

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Harvard

Petersen, AR 2020, 'Transculturality, Postmigration, and the Imagining of a New Sense of Belonging', Transcultural Studies, vol. 11, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.jts.2020.1.24140

APA

Petersen, A. R. (2020). Transculturality, Postmigration, and the Imagining of a New Sense of Belonging. Transcultural Studies, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.jts.2020.1.24140

Vancouver

Petersen AR. Transculturality, Postmigration, and the Imagining of a New Sense of Belonging. Transcultural Studies. 2020 Dec 2;11(1). https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.jts.2020.1.24140

Author

Petersen, Anne Ring. / Transculturality, Postmigration, and the Imagining of a New Sense of Belonging. In: Transcultural Studies. 2020 ; Vol. 11, No. 1.

Bibtex

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