Harvesting identities: Youth, work, and gender in the Indian Himalayas

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 160-179

  Dyson, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's geographies; Gender; Himalayas; India; Lichen collection; Work

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57749184284     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600701734554     Document Type: Article

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