Feminist analyses of work: Rethinking the boundaries, gendering, and spatiality of work

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-92

  England, Kim ^a   Lawson, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist analyses of work; Feminist geography; Feminist theorizing; Gendered work; Spatiality of work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955417868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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