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Somali-Swedish Girls - The Construction of Childhood within Local and Transnational Spaces

Gunnel Mohme
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In this article, the authors explore diaspora experiences among Somali-Swedish parents and their daughters where the girls are enrolled in a Muslim-profiled school and use migration theory with a transnat...
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This thesis explores diaspora experiences among Somali-Swedish parents and their daughters where the girls are enrolled in a Muslim-profiled school. The thesis uses migration theory with a transnat ...

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SOMALI
- SWEDISH GIRLS – THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CHILDHOOD WITHIN LOCAL AND TRANSNATIONAL
SPACES
Gunn
el Mohme
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Somali-Swedish Girls –
The Construction of
Childhood within Local
and Transnational Spaces
Gunnel Mohme
© Gunnel Mohme, Stockholm University 2016
Cover illustration by the author, based on a photograph
by Stipan Kopilovic
ISBN 978-91-7649-482-0
Printed in Sweden by Holmbergs, Malmö 2016
Distributor: Department of Child and Youth Studies,
Stockholm University
Till Göran, min livskamrat
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