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Title

  • A table for one : a critical reading of singlehood, gender and time

Other Title

  • Table for 1 :

Summary

  • "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. "Still", "ever-after", "waste of time"; all these form part of the rich language of time. This book argues that time plays a crucial rule in the discursive formation of female singlehood and that our common understanding of singlehood is dominated by underlying temporal models, premises and concepts. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach and integrating different theoretical realms and perspectives, this book paves way for a new theorization of singlehood and time.

Names

  • Lahad, Kinneret, author.

Created / Published

  • Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
  • 2017

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.

Headings

  • -  Single women--Social conditions
  • -  Single women--Israel--Social conditions
  • -  Time--Social aspects

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-150) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (viii, 153 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ800.2

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020716493

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Lahad, Kinneret, Author. A Table for One: A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020716493/.

APA citation style:

Lahad, K. (2017) A Table for One: A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020716493/.

MLA citation style:

Lahad, Kinneret, Author. A Table for One: A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020716493/>.