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Feeding the Family: The Social Organization of Caring as Gendered Work (Women in Culture and Society) Reprint Edition

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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 become oppressive for women, drawing them into social relations that construct and maintain their subordinate position in household life.
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    0226143600
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    978-0226143606
  3. Edition
    Reprint
  4. Publisher
    University of Chicago Press
  5. Publication date
    July 15, 1994
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    284 pages
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Marjorie L. DeVault is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the Women’s Studies Program at Syracuse University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (July 15, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226143600
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226143606
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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