Discourses on family time: The cultural interpretation of family togetherness in Los Angeles and Rome

Ethos

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-309

  Kremer Sadlik, Tamar ^a   Fatigante, Marilena ^b   Fasulo, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family; Italy; Responsibility; Time; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349110583     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2008.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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