Why are men doing floral sex work? Gender, cultural reproduction, and the feminization of agriculture

Signs

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-424

  Ramamurthy, Priti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 73949118973     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605899     Document Type: Article

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