Best-selling books advising parents about gender: A feminist analysis

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-100

  Krafchick, Jennifer L ^b   Zimmerman, Toni Schindler ^a   Haddock, Shelley A ^b   Banning, James H ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Parenting; Popular press; Self help literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744607506     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00008.x     Document Type: Review

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