Single Parents: Representations and Resistance in an International Context
- ISBN-10
- 3030713113
- ISBN-13
- 9783030713119
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-05-29
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Authors
- Berit Åström, Disa Bergnehr
Description
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. Chapter 11 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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