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

By: 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
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Contents:
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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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