Forms of male domination and female subordination: Homeworkers versus maquiladora workers in Mexico

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-72

  Wilson, Tamar Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender relations; Maquiladoras; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842761398     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0486613402250194     Document Type: Review

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