Women without husbands : an exploration of the margins of marriage

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Women without husbands : an exploration of the margins of marriage

Joan Chandler

(Women in society)

Macmillan, 1991

  • : pbk

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Note

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 174-182) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780333513651

Description

Increasing numbers of women live outside marriage or in marriages in which partners live largely separate lives. This book looks at the lives of such women, their sources of social and economic support as well as how they manage and organize their household routines. It explores the implications of their of their marginality to marriage for their domestic power, their familial relationships and their independent identity.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Women and the Margins of Marriage - Conceptual Themes and Issues - Emotional and Personal Lives - Support from Family and Friends - Economic Circumstances - Household Routines and Domestic Power - Relationships with Children - Reconstituting Marriages and Partnerships - Conclusion
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333513668

Description

Increasing numbers of women live outside marriage or in marriages in which partners live largely separate lives. This book looks at the lives of such women, their sources of social and economic support as well as how they manage and organize their household routines. It explores the implications of their of their marginality to marriage for their domestic power, their familial relationships and their independent identity.

Table of Contents

  • Women and the margins of marriage
  • conceptual themes and issues
  • emotional and personal lives
  • support from family and friends
  • economic circumstances
  • household routines and domestic power
  • relationships with children
  • reconstituting marriages and partnerships.

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  • NCID
    BA14261028
  • ISBN
    • 0333513657
    • 0333513665
  • LCCN
    90026212
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Houndmills
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 188 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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