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Feeding the Family: The Social Organization of Caring as Gendered Work (Women in Culture and Society)
Marjorie L. Devault
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Paperback. A study of the implications of "feeding the family" from the perspective of those who do that work. Drawing from interviews conducted in 1982-83 in a diverse group of American households, DeVault reveals the effort and skill behind the "invisible" work of shopping, cooking, and serving meals. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
Housework--often trivialized or simply overlooked in public discourse--contributes in a complex and essential way to the form that families and societies assume. In this innovative study, Marjorie L. DeVault explores the implications of "feeding the family" from the perspective of those who do that work. Along the way, DeVault offers a new vocabulary for discussing nurturance as a basis of group life and sociability. Drawing from interviews conducted in 1982-83 in a diverse group of American households, DeVault reveals the effort and skill behind the "invisible" work of shopping, cooking, and serving meals. She then shows how this work can ... Read more
Housework--often trivialized or simply overlooked in public discourse--contributes in a complex and essential way to the form that families and societies assume. In this innovative study, Marjorie L. DeVault explores the implications of "feeding the family" from the perspective of those who do that work. Along the way, DeVault offers a new vocabulary for discussing nurturance as a basis of group life and sociability. Drawing from interviews conducted in 1982-83 in a diverse group of American households, DeVault reveals the effort and skill behind the "invisible" work of shopping, cooking, and serving meals. She then shows how this work can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Women in Culture and Society Series
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226143606
SKU
V9780226143606
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