Geographies of production II: Fashion, creativity and fragmented labour

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-73

  Reimer, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creative industries; Fashion; Labour; Low paid work; Social reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LABOR;

EID: 58249130508     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132508090444     Document Type: Article

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