Political economy and the construction of gender: The example of housework within same-sex households

Feminist Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-106

  Giddings, Lisa A ^a  

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Author keywords

Division of labor; Gender; Household; Household labor; Same sex households

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032372966     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457098338491     Document Type: Article

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