Globalization, the 'new economy' and working women: Theorizing from the New Zealand designer fashion industry

Feminist Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-59

  Larner, Wendy ^a   Molloy, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Designer fashion; Gender; Globalization; New economies; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349141416     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700108100391     Document Type: Article

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