Made in the usa: latinas/os?, garment work and ethnic conflict in los angeles' sweat shops

Cultural Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-334

  Soldatenko, María Angelina ^a  

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Author keywords

Ethnic conflict; Latina garment workers; Latino identity; Latino pan ethnicity; Los angeles apparel industry; Sweat shops

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247284640     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: 14664348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095023899335301     Document Type: Article

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