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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
Volume 15, 2008 - Issue 5
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‘Just looking’: domestic workers' consumption practices and a latent geography of Beijing

‘Sólo mirando’: las prácticas de consumo de trabajadoras domésticas y una latente geografía de Beijing

Pages 475-488 | Published online: 18 Sep 2008

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