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Feeding the family : the social organization of caring as gendered work

Print Book, English, 1991
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991
Case studies
xii, 270 pages ; 24 cm.
9780226143590, 9780226143606, 0226143597, 0226143600
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Machine derived contents note: 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