The "practice of humanity"

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-267

  Hua, Julietta ^a   Ray, Kasturi ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic workers; global feminism; human rights; neocolonialism; neoliberalism; sex workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955407627     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2010.493644     Document Type: Review

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