Gender on a jagged edge: The security industry, its clients, and the reproduction and revision of gender

Work and Occupations

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 294-318

  Erickson, Bonnie H ^a   Albanese, Patricia ^a   Drakulic, Slobodan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0034237917     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888400027003003     Document Type: Article

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