From "Balcony Talk" and "Practical Prayers" to Illegal Collectives: Migrant Domestic Workers and Meso-Level Resistances in Lebanon

Gender and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-405

  Pande, Amrita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lebanon; meso level resistance; migrant domestic workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861379372     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243212439247     Document Type: Article

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