Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, hope and uncertainty

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Ethnographies of Waiting : Doubt, hope and uncertainty. / Janeja, Manpreet Kaur (Editor); Bandak, Andreas (Editor).

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. 232 p.

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Harvard

Janeja, MK & Bandak, A (eds) 2018, Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, hope and uncertainty. Bloomsbury Academic, London.

APA

Janeja, M. K., & Bandak, A. (Eds.) (2018). Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, hope and uncertainty. Bloomsbury Academic.

Vancouver

Janeja MK, (ed.), Bandak A, (ed.). Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, hope and uncertainty. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. 232 p.

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Janeja, Manpreet Kaur (Editor) ; Bandak, Andreas (Editor). / Ethnographies of Waiting : Doubt, hope and uncertainty. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. 232 p.

Bibtex

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