Language and processes in the construction of equality in new marriages

Family Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-91

  Knudson Martin, Carmen ^a   Mahoney, Anne Rankin ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender relations; Gender roles; Marital equality; Marital interaction; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032326854     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/584854     Document Type: Article

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