"Queer housewives?": Some problems in theorising the division of domestic labour in lesbian and gay households

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-430

  Oerton, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007715661     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(97)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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