Coal, identity, and the gendering of environmental justice activism in central Appalachia

Gender and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 794-813

  Bell, Shannon Elizabeth ^a   Braun, Yvonne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

class; coal mining; collective behavior; community; environment; gender; masculinity; men; race; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649787294     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243210387277     Document Type: Article

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