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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.

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"Davis and Greenstein have written an important book for family scholars, practitioners, and anyone who is in a relationship and trying to maintain a household." David Maume, University of Cincinnati

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What do we know about housework? Theorizing housework as an example of power dynamics Describing the data The five classes Housework class characteristics Housework class consequences Stability and change in class membership over time Housework over the family life course Housework and socialization Insights for helping families

Why Who Cleans Counts

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    A Paperback / softback by Shannon Davis, Theodore N Greenstein

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 19/02/2020
      ISBN13: 9781447336754, 978-1447336754
      ISBN10: 1447336755
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      Sociology: family, kinship and relationships

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "Davis and Greenstein have written an important book for family scholars, practitioners, and anyone who is in a relationship and trying to maintain a household." David Maume, University of Cincinnati

      Table of Contents
      What do we know about housework? Theorizing housework as an example of power dynamics Describing the data The five classes Housework class characteristics Housework class consequences Stability and change in class membership over time Housework over the family life course Housework and socialization Insights for helping families

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