Filling the glass: Gender perspectives on families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 420-439

  Ferree, Myra Marx ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Discourse; Feminist theory; Gender; Intersectionality; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955537117     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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