Single parents : representations and resistance in an international context / Berit Åström, Disa Bergnehr, editors.
This edited volume addresses how single mothers and fathers are represented in novels, self-help literature, daily newspapers, film and television, as well as within their own narratives in interviews on social media. With proportions varying between countries, the number of single parents has been...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2021.
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| Series: | Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2021 English/International |
| Summary: | This edited volume addresses how single mothers and fathers are represented in novels, self-help literature, daily newspapers, film and television, as well as within their own narratives in interviews on social media. With proportions varying between countries, the number of single parents has been increasing steadily since the 1970s in the Western world. Contributions to this volume analyse how various societies respond to these parents and family forms. Through a range of materials, methodologies and national perspectives, chapters make up three sections to cover single mothers, single fathers and solo mothers (single women who became parents through assisted reproductive technologies). The authors reveal that single parenthood is divided along the lines of gender and socioeconomic status, with age, sexuality and the reason for being a single parent coming into play. Berit Astrom is Associate Professor of English Literature at Umea University, Sweden. Her research focuses on the representation of mothers, motherhood and mothering in literature, film and television. Her recent publications include The Absent Mother in the Cultural Imagination (2017). Disa Bergnehr is Professor of Education at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Her primary research areas are (nuclear, single and refugee) family life, home-school relations, schooling in disadvantaged areas, childrens socialization, and childrens and parents' wellbeing and agency. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 3030713113 9783030713119 |