Gendered Divisions in Domestic Work Time: The rise of the (migrant) handyman phenomenon

Time & Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-264

  Kilkey, Majella ^a   Perrons, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

domestic work; fathering; gender; handymen; migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953803837     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X09354439     Document Type: Article

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