Social theory, documentary film and distant others: Simplicity and subversion in The Good Woman of Bangkok

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-237

  Stones, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

civic imagination; sex work; structuration; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993791726     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1364942002005002873     Document Type: Article

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