Women farm workers on South African deciduous fruit farms: Gender relations and the structuring of work

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-351

  Kritzinger, Andrienetta ^a   Vorster, Jan ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FARM WORKERS; FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE; FRUIT FARM; GENDER RELATIONS; HORTICULTURAL LABOUR; WAGE DIFFERENTIAL; WAGE DIFFERENTIALS; WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE; WOMEN'S WORK;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030251123     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-0167(96)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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