The Social Economy of Single Motherhood

Raising Children in Rural America
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-94777-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Reihe: Perspectives on Gender

Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly changed over the past fifty years as factory work has dried up and national chains like Walmart have moved in.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nelson, Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Context of Single Mothers' Lives 2. Claiming Reciprocity 3. Accounting for Welfare 4. Building and Rebuilding Family 5. Falling in Love (Again) Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Nelson is the Hepburn Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. She is the author of Negotiated Care and the co-author of Working Hard and Making Do and Circles of Care.