The social construction of skill : skill and working knowledge of garment workers in a Vancouver clothing factory

An examination of the working knowledge of female garment workers provides the empirical context for the analysis of gendered and racialized notions of skill in a Vancouver garment factory. This thesis problematizes how the labour of garment workers is socially constructed as being of low-value an...

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Main Author: Rauch, Ulrich
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/6060