Men and domestic labor: A missing link in the global care chain

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-149

  Kilkey, Majella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fathering; gender; global care chains; male domestic work; migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956960113     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X10382884     Document Type: Article

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