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Control, Resistance, and Empowerment in Raced, Gendered, and Classed Work Contexts: The Case of African American Women

Patricia S. ParkerUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 257-291 | Published online: 18 May 2016

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