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Author DeVault, Marjorie L., 1950-

Title Feeding the family : the social organization of caring as gendered work / Marjorie L. DeVault
Edition Paperback edition
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991

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Description xii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Series Women in culture and society
Women in culture and society.
Contents 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
Analysis Home care Role of Women
United States
Home care Role of Women
United States
Home care Role of Women
United States
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index
Subject Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
Households -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
Housewives -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Psychology -- Case studies.
Sexual division of labor -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
LC no. 91014447
ISBN 0226143597
0226143600 (paperback)