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Between Belonging and Longing: Why do Young Rural-urban Migrants Leave Their Places of Birth, What Do They Leave Behind, and Do They Consider Moving Back? 在归属与渴望之间:为什么年轻的城乡流动人口离开他们的出生地，他们留下了什么，他们是否考虑回去?

Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change Pub Date : 2018-07-30 DOI: 10.20897/JCASC/2671

G. Svendsen

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On the Hijab-Gift: Gift-Theoretical Considerations on the Ambiguities and Ambivalences of Islamic Veiling in a Diasporic Context 论头巾-礼物:对流散背景下伊斯兰面纱的模糊性和矛盾性的礼物-理论思考

Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change Pub Date : 2018-07-20 DOI: 10.20897/JCASC/2672

Anna-Mari Almila, D. Inglis

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