Book Review Symposium on Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Communities of Care, and Movement Building
Based on: Tungohan, Ethel. (2023).Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building, and Communities of Care. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press.
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Volume 58 • Number 1 • March 2024 | mars 2024
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