Assembling webs of support: Child domestic workers in India

Children and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-292

  Wasiuzzaman, Shaziah ^a   Wells, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caste; Child labour; Class; Domestic work; Gifts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954231075     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2010.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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