Agency and the gendered imagination: Women's actions and local culture in steelworker families

Identities

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Leach, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Everyday; Gender; Women; Working class

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GENDER; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 32144452749     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2005.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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