Service labor and symbolic power: On putting Bourdieu to work

Work and Occupations

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-319

  Sallaz, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Labor; Service work; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049253584     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888410373076     Document Type: Article

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