Accumulating care: Mothers beyond the conflicting temporalities of caring and work

Time & Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-245

  Maher, Janemaree ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

care; cumulative time; employment; mothering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349325802     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X08099950     Document Type: Article

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