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Voluntarily childfree : identity and kinship in the United States / Shelly Volsche.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volsche, Shelly.
- Series:
- Anthropology of kinship and the family.
- Anthropology of Kinship and the Family
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childfree choice--United States.
- Childfree choice.
- Parenthood--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Parenthood.
- Parenthood--Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 139 pages).
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- "In Voluntarily Childfree, Shelly Volsche examines why people choose to remain childfree and what it means to make a life worth living. As the first anthropological study of the childfree, this book is for readers who want to understand those who view parenthood as a choice"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Who are the childfree?
- Is being childfree a gendered choice?
- What is the childfree conversation?
- Are the childfree selfish?
- How do the childfree practice "family"?
- How do the childfree define "the good life"?
- What is the future of the childfree?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-3837-4
- 1-7936-0248-4
- OCLC:
- 1128434582
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