Spain, Daphne

Gendered spaces / Daphne Spain - Chapel Hill ; London : University of North Carolina Press, c1992 - xviii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-289) and index

Space and Status -- Spatial Institutions in Nonindustrial Societies -- The Mongolian Ger and the Tuareg Tent -- Ceremonial Men's Huts -- The Spatial Division of Labor -- Spatial Institutions in the United States -- From Parlor to Great Room -- Education -- The Nineteenth-Century Workplace -- The Contemporary Workplace -- Degendering Spaces -- Appendix A: Data and Methods -- Appendix B: Cross-Cultural Sample and References for Gender Segregation Data.

9780807843574 0807843571 paperback


Sex discrimination against women--History
Sex role--History
Sex role in the work environment--History
Sexual division of labor--History
Social status--History
Space (Architecture)--History
Women--Dwellings--History

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