The everyday exploitation of women: Housework and the patriarchal mode of production

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-237

  Kynaston, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0002255731     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-5395(96)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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