Divided Loyalties : Displacement, belonging and citizenship among East Timorese in West Timor

Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this study explores the ideas of belonging and citizenship among former pro-autonomy East Timorese who have elected to settle indefinitely in West Timor. The study follows different East Timorese groups and examines various ways they construct and negotia...

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Main Author: Damaledo, Andrey (auth)
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Published: ANU Press 2018
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