Single Mother by Choice : A Story of Politics and Parenting in Twenty-First Century Middle America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layne, Linda L.

Series:

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Series

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Series ; v.57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single mothers.

Parenting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

The book is about a close friend of the author who was therefore privy to the innermost thoughts and feelings of the single mother. The topic is relevant and could be of interest to more than just an academic audience. The author offers bold conclusions of the reality of life as a single parent at the end of the neoliberal era.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Studying My Friend: A Single Mother by Choice

Chapter 1 - A Changed American Landscape: Fertile Ground for SMCs

Chapter 2 - Intensive Parenting Alone

Chapter 3 - "I Have a Fear of Really Screwing It Up": Intensive Mothering in an Age of Anxiety

Chapter 4 - Sketching a Changing Landscape of Intimacy: Gender Equality and Parenthood

Chapter 5 - Free from the Bonds of Heteronnormativity: Spatial Dynamism and Creative Exuberance in Family Homemaking

Chapter 6 -"What Kind of a Family Do We Want to Be?": Trickle-Down Neoliberal Values

Chapter 7 - The Legacy of a Hybrid Habitus: Navigating the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Consumer Culture

Conclusion - Anthropology of the Contemporary: The Complex, Often Paradoxical Influence of Neoliberalism on Parenting

Afterword - Anthropology of the Near Future: Trump 2.0, A New Context for SMCs

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-83695-499-9

OCLC:

1583178446