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

DeVault, Marjorie L., 1950-

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

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

0226143600 (pbk) :


Home economics--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Housewives--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Sex role--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Sexual division of labor--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Homemakers--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Feminist theory--United States.

HD6060.65.U52 / C48 1991