Producing liminal space: Gender, age and class in northern Ontario's tree planting industry

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 569-586

  Sweeney, Brendan ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender liminality; Liminal space; Spaces of production; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLASS; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; TREE PLANTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 70350044389     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690903148432     Document Type: Article

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