Language management/labor

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 175-190

  Urciuoli, Bonnie ^a   Ladousa, Chaise ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Capitalism; Neoliberalism; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNICITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR STANDARD; LANGUAGE; NEOLIBERALISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84886785686     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155524     Document Type: Article

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