'Ass-kicking' women: Doing and undoing gender in a US livestock auction

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 572-595

  Pilgeram, Ryanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Gender; Performance; Private; Public; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448930813     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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