From revolutionary comrades to gendered partners : Marital construction of breadwinning in Post-Mao Urban China

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 314-337

  Zuo, Jiping ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breadwinning; Gender boundary; Market reform; Urban China; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044450606     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X02250888     Document Type: Article

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