Figuring families: Generation, situation and narrative in contemporary mothering

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kehily, Mary Jane ^a   Thomson, Rachel ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generation; Motherhood; Narrative; Situation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455206659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2536     Document Type: Article

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