Why who cleans counts : what housework tells us about American family life /

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Every household has to perform housework. Using quantitative, nationally representative survey data this book theorizes about how power dynamics as reflected in housework performance help us understand broader family variations.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Davis, Shannon N. (Author), Greenstein, Theodore N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, [2020].
Subjects:
Housekeeping > Social aspects > United States.
Sexual division of labor > Social aspects > United States.
Power (Social sciences)
Travail domestique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
Housekeeping > Social aspects.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What do we know about housework?
  • 2. Theorizing housework as an example of power dynamics
  • 3. Describing the data
  • 4. The five classes
  • 5. Housework class characteristics
  • 6. Housework class consequences
  • 7. Stability and change in class membership over time
  • 8. Housework over the family life course
  • 9. Housework and socialization
  • 10. Insights for helping families
  • Appendix.

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