Negotiating urban activism: Women, vending and the transformation of streetscapes in the urban Philippines

Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia's Cities

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 110-127

  Milgram, B Lynne ^a  

^a OCAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203880159     Document Type: Chapter

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