"I'm not thinking of it as sexual harassment": Understanding harassment across race and citizenship

Gender and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-107

  Welsh, Sandy ^b   Carr, Jacquie ^d   Macquarrie, Barbara ^a   Huntley, Audrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's   (Canada)

^d Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's ^*

Author keywords

Citizenship; Intersectionality; Race; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144442660     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243205282785     Document Type: Review

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