A Table for One : A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time /

A Table for One : A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time / / Kinneret Lahad.

"What are you waiting for?" "Stop wasting your time!" "You will die alone." These are some of the questions and warnings that single women hear on an everyday basis. Single women are constantly being asked whether they are still single or will married next or soon. &quo...

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Lahad, Kinneret,
Place / Publishing House:Manchester, UK : : Manchester University Press,, 2017.
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 153 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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