Introduction: Worth the Wait

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Introduction : Worth the Wait. / Bandak, Andreas; Janeja, Manpreet Kaur.

Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty. ed. / Manpreet K. Janeja; Andreas Bandak. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. p. 1-39.

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Harvard

Bandak, A & Janeja, MK 2018, Introduction: Worth the Wait. in M K. Janeja & A Bandak (eds), Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 1-39.

APA

Bandak, A., & Janeja, M. K. (2018). Introduction: Worth the Wait. In M. K. Janeja, & A. Bandak (Eds.), Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty (pp. 1-39). Bloomsbury Academic.

Vancouver

Bandak A, Janeja MK. Introduction: Worth the Wait. In K. Janeja M, Bandak A, editors, Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2018. p. 1-39

Author

Bandak, Andreas ; Janeja, Manpreet Kaur. / Introduction : Worth the Wait. Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty. editor / Manpreet K. Janeja ; Andreas Bandak. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. pp. 1-39

Bibtex

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