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Marriage in the ruins of war : Intergenerational hauntings in the Afghan diaspora . / Rytter, Mikkel; Nielsen, Andreas G.

In: Ethnicities, Vol. 20, No. 5, 10.2020, p. 983-1002.

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Harvard

Rytter, M & Nielsen, AG 2020, 'Marriage in the ruins of war: Intergenerational hauntings in the Afghan diaspora ', Ethnicities, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 983-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819896100

APA

Rytter, M., & Nielsen, A. G. (2020). Marriage in the ruins of war: Intergenerational hauntings in the Afghan diaspora . Ethnicities, 20(5), 983-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819896100

CBE

Rytter M, Nielsen AG. 2020. Marriage in the ruins of war: Intergenerational hauntings in the Afghan diaspora . Ethnicities. 20(5):983-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819896100

MLA

Rytter, Mikkel and Andreas G. Nielsen. "Marriage in the ruins of war: Intergenerational hauntings in the Afghan diaspora ". Ethnicities. 2020, 20(5). 983-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819896100

Vancouver

Rytter M, Nielsen AG. Marriage in the ruins of war: Intergenerational hauntings in the Afghan diaspora . Ethnicities. 2020 Oct;20(5):983-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819896100

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Rytter, Mikkel ; Nielsen, Andreas G. / Marriage in the ruins of war : Intergenerational hauntings in the Afghan diaspora . In: Ethnicities. 2020 ; Vol. 20, No. 5. pp. 983-1002.

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