Confronting Precarity in the Warhol Economy: Notes from New York City

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-47

  de Peuter, Greig ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

arts; fashion; labour; New York City; precarity; unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890859853     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2013.856337     Document Type: Article

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