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Washington's Yard Sales: Women's Work, But Not for the Money
Author(s) -
Landman Ruth H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1987.1.2.148
Subject(s) - yard , work (physics) , interpersonal relationship , marketing , business , social relation , advertising , psychology , engineering , social psychology , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
THIS PAPER EXPLORES the reasons for the proliferation of yard sales in middleclass areas of Washington. The hypothesis that these sales should be regarded as more than an economic activity was confirmed. The sales are seen as a satisfying means of providing a social arena where the business of buying and selling is integrated into an occasion of social interaction. Women are the major actors, both as sellers and buyers, and this is explained as satisfying social bonding goals not as readily available to them as to men. [yard sales, urban sociability, companionship, women's work]