Beyond 'Othering': The political roots of slum tourism

Slum Tourism: Poverty, Power and Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-65

  Frenzel, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84898767211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203136751     Document Type: Chapter

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