Negotiating dualisms: Women, locality and employment opportunities in Oaxaca City, Mexico

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-212

  Willis, Katie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIVISION OF LABOUR; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; IDENTITY; SPATIAL EXPERIENCE; SPATIAL PATTERN; URBAN ECONOMY; WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S STATUS;

MEXICO, OAXACA STATE, OAXACA CITY;

EID: 0030376342     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.1996.tb00093.x     Document Type: Article

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