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Formations of Class and Gender

Becoming Respectable

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ID19607602
AuthorsBeverley Skeggs (0000-0001-9354-5381, corresponding author), Bev Skeggs, Beverly Skeggs
Year2002
Pages192
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byFormations of Class and Gender: Becoming Respectable, W Luttrell, 1999
VenueFormations of class and gender (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSAGE Publications Ltd (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4135/9781446217597
OpenAlexW4255180193
Open LibraryOL705730M
ISBN9781446217597
LanguageEN
Citations received1.046

Explaining that class and gender must be fused together to give an accurate picture of power relations in modern society, Skeggs uses ethnographic research to show how women challenge, modify and reformulate their understanding of both class and gender

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