Constructing gendered workplace 'types': The weaver-millworker distinction in Dundee's jute industry, c. 1880-1910

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-482

  Wainwright, Emma M ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Dundee; Gendered 'types'; Jute industry; Working women

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

EID: 34547598215     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701439777     Document Type: Article

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