'Mobilizing Masculinities': Women's Experiences of Men at Work

Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 587-618

  Martin, Patricia Yancey ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflation; Gender as institution; Liminality; Women's standpoint(s)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346347782     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840184003     Document Type: Article

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