Gender and old age: Lessons from spousal care work

Age Matters: Re-Aligning Feminist Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 269-294

  Calasanti, Toni M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548699027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203943434     Document Type: Chapter

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