The Flexible Woman:Regendering labor in the informational society

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 389-402

  Susser, Ida ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

children; gender; labor; poverty; US; welfare; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031509147     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X9701700219     Document Type: Article

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