Gender Power And The Household

Download or read book Gender, Power and the Household written by L. McKie and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-05-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this book illustrate, from a number of different perspectives, the ways in which power is located and articulated through gendered negotiations and acted out within the changing and differing setting of the household. The book is divided into four sections. The first section provides a theoretical, historical and philosophical setting, whilst the following three sections provide empirical contributions which examine aspects of Gendered Care ; dimensions of Gendered Time and Space , and straddling work and home, Gendered Work, Income and Power .