Book Review: Rafael, V. L. (2022). The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte.

William N. Holden

doi:10.14764/10.ASEAS-0069

Authors

William N. Holden University of Calgary, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3929-3704

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0069

Keywords:

Book Review

Abstract

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Author Biography

William N. Holden, University of Calgary, Canada

William N. Holden is an associate professor at the Department of Geography, University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Holden’s current research includes the war on drugs in the Philippines.

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