Add men, don't stir: Reproducing traditional gender roles in modern wedding showers

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-35

  Montemurro, Beth ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridal showers; Doing gender; Femininity; Masculinity; Wedding showers

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944291337     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241604271332     Document Type: Article

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