Emotion work and the children of the Chilean exile, 50 years on.
Despite recent attempts to broaden the scope of migration research beyond its adult-centric focus, the experiences of forced displaced children remain underexplored. This article aims to address that gap by examining retrospectively how the children of the Chilean exile understood the rupture enacte...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 51; no. 19; pp. 4950 - 4970 |
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