Division, segmentation, and interpellation: The embodied labors of migrant workers in a Greater London hotel

Economic Geography

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-25

  McDowell, Linda ^a   Batnitzky, Adina ^a   Dyer, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divisions of labor; Dual interpellation; Greater London; Hotel; Migration; Performativity; Service sector

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; SERVICE SECTOR; WORKPLACE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947708913     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2007.tb00331.x     Document Type: Article

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