Stay-at-Home Fathering as a Feminist Opportunity: Perpetuating, Resisting, and Transforming Gender Relations of Caring and Earning

Journal of Family Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-31

  Medved, Caryn E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84955487387     PISSN: 15267431     EISSN: 15327698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2015.1112800     Document Type: Article

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