Romancing resistance and resisting romance - Ethnography and the construction of power in the filipina domestic worker community in Hong Kong

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-265

  Groves, Julian Mcallister ^a   Chang, Kimberly A ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 22644452757     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124199129023433     Document Type: Article

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