Epidemic imaginary: Performing global figurations of "Third World AIDS"

Space and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-452

  Erni, John Nguyet ^a  

^a Lingnan University

Author keywords

Mediascape; Mobile figurations; Postnationalism; Thailand; Third World AIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249164764     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331206292448     Document Type: Review

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