Miners and wives in Romania's Jiu Valley: Perspectives on postsocialist class, gender, and social change

Identities

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-63

  Kideckel, David ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; East Central Europe; Gender; Industrial workers; Postsocialism; Romania; Social problems

Indexed keywords

CLASS; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALISM; WOMENS STATUS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 28844473062     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/725289024     Document Type: Article

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