DOING HOME - PATRIARCHY, CARING, AND SPACE

Authors
BOWLBY S GREGORY S MCKIE L
Citation
S. Bowlby et al., DOING HOME - PATRIARCHY, CARING, AND SPACE, Women's studies international forum, 20(3), 1997, pp. 343-350
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Women s Studies
Journal title
Women's studies international forum → ACNP
ISSN journal
02775395
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
343 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
0277-5395(1997)20:3<343:DH-PCA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This paper is an introduction to and a reflection on this Special Issu e on ''Concepts of Home.'' It raises the issues inherent in considerin g the complex notion of ''the home.'' We highlight the significance of power and patriarchy, household tasks and caring, and space and place , in the analysis of ''domestic'' social relations and the meanings an d politics surrounding ''the home.'' (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.