A Table for One : A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time

A Table for One A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time

"What are you waiting for?" "Stop wasting your time!" "You will die alone." These are some of the questions and warnings that single women hear on an everyday basis. Single women are constantly being asked whether they are still single or will married next or soon. &quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lahad, Kinneret, author (author), Lahad, Kinneret, contributor (contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2017
Manchester, UK : 2017.
Subjects:
Time > Social aspects.
Single women > Israel > Social conditions.
Single women > Social conditions.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429941306719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The linear life-course imperative
  • 3. Singlehood as an unscheduled status passage
  • 4. Facing the horror: becoming an "old maid"
  • 5. On commodification: from wasted time to damaged goods
  • 6. Taking a break
  • 7. Waiting and queuing
  • 8. Time work: keeping up appearances
  • 9. Discussion: another time.

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