Gender beliefs and the meaning of work among Okinawan women

Gender and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 382-401

  Lee, Kristen Schultz ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and the life course; Japan; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646421939     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243206286727     Document Type: Article

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