Single mother :: the emergence of the domestic intellectual /

Describes the recent cultural valorization of the single mother who -- in the midst of demographic changes in the U.S. -- has emerged as the unlikely heroic and seductive voice of the new American family. Drawing on her own life as a single mother, interviews with dozens of other single mothers, cul...

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1. Verfasser: Juffer, Jane, 1962-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Schriftenreihe:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:Describes the recent cultural valorization of the single mother who -- in the midst of demographic changes in the U.S. -- has emerged as the unlikely heroic and seductive voice of the new American family. Drawing on her own life as a single mother, interviews with dozens of other single mothers, cultural representations, and policies on welfare, immigration, childcare, and child custody, Juffer analyzes this contingent acceptance of single mothers. Finally, critiquing the relentless emphasis on self-sufficiency to the exclusion of community, Juffer shows the remarkable organizing skills of these new mothers of invention. - from publisher information.
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 267 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257) and index.
ISBN:9780814743799
081474379X

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