Striking similarities: Representing South Asian women's industrial action in Britain

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-152

  McDowell, Linda ^a   Anitha, Sundari ^b   Pearson, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gate Gourmet; Grunwick; South Asian women; stereotypes; strikes; the Other

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; LABOR RELATIONS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL RELATIONS; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859644459     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.573144     Document Type: Article

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