A curious space 'in-between': The public/private divide and gender-based activism in Singapore

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-51

  Lyons, Lenore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 34250713361     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185240601100102     Document Type: Article

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