"I wanted a soul mate": Gendered anticipation and frameworks of accountability in parents' preferences for sons and daughters

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-389

  Kane, Emily W ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Children; Doing gender; Family; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349782076     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2009.32.4.372     Document Type: Article

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