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| The reproduction of gender norms through downsizing in later life residential relocation | | Author(s) | Aislinn Addington, David J Ekerdt |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 36, no 1, January 2014 |
| Publisher | Sage, January 2014 |
| Pages | pp 3-21 |
| Source | roa.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | House removal ; Personal relationships ; Husbands ; Wives ; Housework ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using data collected from qualitative interviews in 36 households in a Midwestern metropolitan area of the US, this article examines people's use of social relations based on gender to perform tasks associated with residential relocation in later life. Without prompting, respondents addressed the social relations of gender in the meanings of things, in the persons of gift recipients, and in the persons of actors accomplishing the tasks. They matched gender-typed objects to same-sex recipients, reproducing circumstances of possession and passing on expectations for gender identity. The respondents' accounts also depicted a gendered division of household labour between husbands and wives, and a gendered division of care work by daughters and sons. These strategies economised a big task by shaping decisions about who should get what and who will do what. In turn, these practices affirmed the gendered nature of possession and care work into another generation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626275 A |
| Classmark | TNH: DS: SNA: SNW: GH6: 3DP: 7T |
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