Gender ideology construction: A life course and intersectional approach

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-387

  Vespa, Jonathan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Race ethnicity; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249103356     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243209337507     Document Type: Article

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