Feeding the family : The social organization of caring as gendered work / Marjorie L. DeVault.

By:

DeVault, Marjorie L, 1950-

Series: Women in culture and societyPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.Description: xii, 270 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780226143606

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.361 DEV 20

LOC classification:

HD6060.65.U52 C484 1991

Online resources:

Contents:

Content : Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: The Work of "Feeding a Family" 1. Doing Family Meals 2. Provisioning 3. Constructing the Family Part Two: Organization of the Work 4. Feeding as "Women's Work" 5. Never Done 6. Conflict and Deference Part Three: Feeding Work and Social Class 7. Affluence and Poverty 8. The Significance of Style Conclusion Appendix: Profiles of Named Informants References Index

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	306.361 DEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		35909

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index.

Content :
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The Work of "Feeding a Family"
1. Doing Family Meals
2. Provisioning
3. Constructing the Family
Part Two: Organization of the Work
4. Feeding as "Women's Work"
5. Never Done
6. Conflict and Deference
Part Three: Feeding Work and Social Class
7. Affluence and Poverty
8. The Significance of Style
Conclusion
Appendix: Profiles of Named Informants
References
Index

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