Challenges to motherhood: The moral economy of oaxacan ceramic production and the politics of reproduction

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-330

  Pérez, Ramona L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craft production; Global artisan; Lead poisoning; Moral economy; Motherhood; Oaxaca; Tourism; Women and work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948813102     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0063.301     Document Type: Article

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