Consuming bodies: Health and work in the cane fields in Xinavane, Mozambique

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 625-641

  O’Laughlin, Bridget ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; LABOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); SUGAR CANE;

MOZAMBIQUE; ZAMBEZI VALLEY;

EID: 84987879275     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: 14653893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2016.1190519     Document Type: Article

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