Single by chance, mothers by choice : how women are choosing parenthood without marriage and creating the new American family / Rosanna Hertz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hertz, Rosanna, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single mothers--United States.

Single mothers.

Families--United States.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on in-depth personal interviews, Hertz follows individual women as they make the psychological break with traditional expectations and identify specific paths to motherhood. These routes include using known and anonymous donors, adoption, and chancing pregnancy.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; Introduction; Part I: The Big Decision; 1 "Why Can't I Have What I Want?"; 2 Liminality and the Courage to Change: Making the Decision to Become a Single Mother; 3 Moving On: When Baby Makes Two; Part II: After Baby, Now What?; Introduction: "Where Do We Fit?"; 4 The Father As an Idea; 5 Romance, Intimacy, and Pregnancy: Father Involvement Outside of Marriage; 6 Adoption and Fitting In ; Conclusion: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Circumstances; Part III: Composing a Family; Introduction: Recycling and Reconstituting Families; 7 What Does Single Mean?

8 Downshifting Careers While Financing Motherhood: Relying on the Gift-Giver, the Roommate, and the Careworker9 A World Without Men, Amen?; Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Be a Good Mother?; Conclusion: Projecting Single Mothers into the Future; Epilogue: Completing Families, Completing Lives; Appendix 1: Demographic Appendix: Featured Women; Appendix 2: Methods and Sampling; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-264) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-988449-8

0-19-774338-2

0-19-534140-6

1-280-84537-6

1-4294-5920-4

0-19-803991-3

OCLC:

609831611