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- Examines representations and self representations of single parenthood in different national contexts and in various media
- Considers societal attitudes towards single parents against the background of the rise of nationalism and rapidly shifting political landscapes of the twenty-first century
- Explores the intersectionality of solo mothering and fathering, social class, minority experience and cultural conceptions of parenthood against dominant national discourses about inclusion, immigration, welfare support/austerity policies (housing and food security), inequality and family policy
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life (PSFL)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Single Mothers
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Front Matter
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Solo Mothers Through Assisted Reproductive Technologies
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Back Matter
About this book
Chapter 11 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Language Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Berit Åström
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Department of Education, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
Disa Bergnehr
About the editors
Berit Åström is Associate Professor of English Literature at Umeå 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, children’s socialization, and children’s and parents' wellbeing and agency.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Single Parents
Book Subtitle: Representations and Resistance in an International Context
Editors: Berit Åström, Disa Bergnehr
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71311-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71310-2Published: 30 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71313-3Published: 31 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71311-9Published: 29 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2731-6440
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6459
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 258
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Comparative Social Policy, Social Policy