Women's gendered identities and the restructuring of rural Alberta, Canada

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 86-97

  Heather, Barbara ^a   Skillen, D Lynn ^b   Young, Jennifer ^c   Vladicka, Theresa ^d  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c RED DEER COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; RURAL AREA; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17644362307     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2005.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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