Getting paid in smiles: The gendering of child care work

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-160

  Murray, Susan B ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034346348     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2000.23.2.135     Document Type: Article

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