Working-class job loss, gender, and the negotiation of household labor

Gender and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-474

  Legerski, Elizabeth Miklya ^a   Cornwall, Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class stratification; family; work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955295737     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243210374600     Document Type: Article

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