Changing Gender Practices within the Household: A Theoretical Perspective

Gender and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-222

  Sullivan, Oriel ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender relations; Household division of labor; Social change; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842476730     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243203261571     Document Type: Review

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