The Intersection of Gender and Race in the Labor Market

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2003, Pages 487-513

  Browne, Irene ^a   Misra, Joya ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Feminist theory; Inequality; Intersectionality; Multiracial feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242428870     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100016     Document Type: Review

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