Mothering, class and rationality.
Class theorists ask for research on the ‘paradox of class’ — the fact that while class appears to be materially just as important as ever, it hardly features as part of a self-conscious social identity. At the same time mothering is usually seen as a classless activity. This paper describes class ba...
| Publicado en: | Sociological Review Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 50 - 77 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
February 2005
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