Domestic distinctions: Constructing difference among paid domestic workers in Toronto

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-360

  Stiell, Bernadette ^a   England, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORKERS; EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE WORK; URBAN POPULATION; WORK RELATIONS;

CANADA, ONTARIO, TORONTO;

EID: 0031431719     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663699725387     Document Type: Article

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