(How) is childminding family like? Family day care, food and the reproduction of identity at the public/private interface

Sociological Review

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 563-586

  O'Connell, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650051945     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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