The doing and undoing of gender: The importance of being a credible female victim

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 552-571

  Jeanes, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doing gender; Gender binary; Post structuralism; Sex discrimination; Undoing gender

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35448969827     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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