Day care as battleground: Using moral panic to locate the front lines

Australian Geographer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-326

  Luzia, Karina ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family; Media; Moral panic; Parenting; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; PARENTAGE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 51249104841     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180802270515     Document Type: Article

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