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DeVault, Marjorie L.

Feeding the family : the social organization of caring as gendered work / Marjorie L. DeVault - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. - xii, 270 p. ; 24 cm. - Women in culture and society .

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

ISBN: 9780226143606

LCCN: 91014447

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sexual division of labor--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Housewives--Psychology--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Families--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

Dewey Class. No.: 306.361 DEV