Cultural contradiction or integration? Work-family schemas of black middle class mothers

Advances in Gender Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-158

  Dean, Paul ^a   Marsh, Kris ^a   Landry, Bart ^a  

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Author keywords

Black middle class; Culture; Intersectionality; Motherhood; Work and family; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885454708     PISSN: 15292126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1529-2126(2013)0000017010     Document Type: Article

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