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Women and Work Culture

Women and Work Culture

Louise A. Jackson

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2005
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Historia
ISBN:
9780754650508

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This volume brings together an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the cultural practices and identities associated with women’s work in modern Britain. The volume is divided into five thematic sections: the meaning of work, factory labour, youth, medicine and science, and women and war. The essays examine a wide-range of primary sources including literary fiction, popular magazines, social commentaries, oral testimony and autobiographical writing.

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