Men purchase, women use: Coping with domestic electrical appliances in rural China

East Asian Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-234

  Wu, Xiujie ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic appliances; Electrification; Gender; Rural China

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350376731     PISSN: 18752160     EISSN: 18752152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12280-008-9048-3     Document Type: Review

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