"outsiders" and identity reconstruction in the sex workers' movement in Bangladesh

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-357

  Chowdhury, Reshmi ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33644968818     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170500545738     Document Type: Article

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