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Tables of Contents for Consumerism and the Movement of Housewives into Wage Work
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Figures and tables
vi
3
Acknowledgements
ix
Introduction
1
4
1 Empirical research on married women's employment
5
22
2 Structural theories for married women's employment
27
20
3 Consumerism and the structure of capitalism
47
30
4 The contradictory marriage of consumerism and the homemaker ideal
77
42
5 Gender-identity versus consumption-identity: the battle at home
119
32
6 Conclusion: women's incomplete gains from consumerism
151
6
Appendix
157
8
Bibliography
165
20
Index
185