Notions and practices of difference: an epilogue on the ethnography of diversity

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Notions and practices of difference : an epilogue on the ethnography of diversity. / Olwig, Karen Fog.

In: Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2013, p. 471-79.

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Olwig, KF 2013, 'Notions and practices of difference: an epilogue on the ethnography of diversity', Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 471-79.

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Olwig, K. F. (2013). Notions and practices of difference: an epilogue on the ethnography of diversity. Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power, 20(4), 471-79.

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Olwig KF. Notions and practices of difference: an epilogue on the ethnography of diversity. Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power. 2013;20(4):471-79.

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Olwig, Karen Fog. / Notions and practices of difference : an epilogue on the ethnography of diversity. In: Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power. 2013 ; Vol. 20, No. 4. pp. 471-79.

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