A table for one : a critical reading of singlehood, gender and time / Kinneret Lahad.
Material type: TextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (viii, 153 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 1526116359
- 1526116367
- 9781526116352
- 9781526116369
- 306.8153 23
- HQ800.2
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E-books | Hugenote College Main Campus | Digital version | Not for loan | Only accessible on campus. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-150) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The linear life-course imperative -- 3. Singlehood as an unscheduled status passage -- 4. Facing the horror: becoming an "old maid" -- 5. On commodification: from wasted time to damaged goods -- 6. Taking a break -- 7. Waiting and queuing -- 8. Time work: keeping up appearances -- 9. Discussion: another time.
A Table for One explores the links between female singlehood and social time, juxtaposing two theoretical fields that are rarely linked: the social study of time and the study of singlehood. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book paves the way for a new theorisation of singlehood which will put it at the fore of deconstructive critical thinking and on the feminist agenda. Although the rise in the number of single-women households has sparked a new wave of singlehood scholarship, the concept remains relatively under-theorised and under-incorporated into social and feminist research, and critical studies in general. Drawing on a wide variety of cultural resources? including web columns, blogs, expert advice columns, popular cliches, advertisements and references from television episodes? this book sketches the meaning-making processes of singlehood and time in Israel.
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