The Egyptian Diaspora in Milan Generational, Gendered, and Religious Dimensions of Aging

This report is the final output of the research carried out in the frame of the project The Aging African Diaspora: Perspectives from Lombardia (TAAD, funded by Fondazione Cariplo): fieldwork spanned between February 2019 and October 2021 and focussed on notions of aging and well-being within the Eg...

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Main Author: Scaglioni, Marta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ledizioni 2021
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