"We do get stereotyped": Gender, housing, work and social disadvantage

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-209

  Saugeres, Lise ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminism; Gender; Housing; Paid work; Welfare

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL HOUSING; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE REFORM; WOMENS STATUS;

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

EID: 70349805332     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090802476606     Document Type: Article

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