The spectacular and the mundane: Racialised state violence, Filipino migrant workers, and their families

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 889-904

  Lee, Elizabeth ^a   Pratt, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizenship family; Filipino; Necro(bio)politics; Race; Soldiers; State violence; US militarism

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; IMMIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; RACE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864211205     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4448     Document Type: Article

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