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Doing being middle-class in the global South: comparative perspectives and conceptual challenges

Lentz, Carola. 2020. Doing being middle-class in the global South: comparative perspectives and conceptual challenges. Africa, 90(3), 439–469. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972020000029

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