Feminine jobs/masculine becomings: Gender and identity in the discourse of Albanian domestic workers in Greece

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-22

  Kambouri, Helen ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albanian women; Butler; Domestic work; Migration; Performativity; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249045135     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506807084853     Document Type: Article

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