Stratified reproduction and poor women's resistance

Gender and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 660-679

  Mccormack, Karen ^a,b  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Mothering; Poverty; Resistance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444531028     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243205278010     Document Type: Review

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