From protests to politics: Sex work, women's worth, and ciudad Juárez modernity

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 369-386

  Wright, Melissa W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography.; Gender; Mexico; Political economy

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; MODERNITY; PROSTITUTION; WOMENS STATUS;

CHIHUAHUA; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 24744445323     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.09402013.x     Document Type: Article

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