The sensory experience of thai massage: Commercialization, globalization and tactility

Everyday Life in Asia: Social Perspectives on the Senses

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 139-156

  Iida, Junko ^a  

^a KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

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