Child care work: Intimacy in the shadows of family-life

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-168

  Murray, Susan B ^a  

^a De Anza College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child care workers; Emotional labor; Gendered occupations; Women's work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001071050     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023434627821     Document Type: Article

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