Crafting masculinities: gender, culture and emotion at work in the surfboard industry

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 36-54

  Warren, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craft; Cultural economy; Emotions; Gender relations; Masculinities; Surfboard making

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; GENDER RELATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LABOR; MASCULINIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84946950155     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2014.991702     Document Type: Article

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