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The Single Woman and the Fairytale Prince
Jean-Claude Kaufmann
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Description for The Single Woman and the Fairytale Prince
Paperback. The number of one-person households is rising steeply all over the world and a growing proportion of these 'new singles' are women. It is estimated that one woman in three lives on her own. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 432.
The number of one-person households is rising steeply all over the world and a growing proportion of these 'new singles' are women. It is estimated that one woman in three lives on her own. This development reflects general social trends, ranging from rising divorce rates to the growing professionalization of women and their dissatisfaction with a traditional model that offers them a future organized solely around 'husband-baby-home'. At the same time, the attractions of that model still linger and the fairytale prince is by no means a figure from a story or a remote past. Even in an age in ... Read more
The number of one-person households is rising steeply all over the world and a growing proportion of these 'new singles' are women. It is estimated that one woman in three lives on her own. This development reflects general social trends, ranging from rising divorce rates to the growing professionalization of women and their dissatisfaction with a traditional model that offers them a future organized solely around 'husband-baby-home'. At the same time, the attractions of that model still linger and the fairytale prince is by no means a figure from a story or a remote past. Even in an age in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745640501
SKU
V9780745640501
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About Jean-Claude Kaufmann
Jean-Claude Kaufmann is a Sociologist and Director of Research at the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research) in the University of Paris V, Sorbonne.
Reviews for The Single Woman and the Fairytale Prince
"Kaufmann is a wise and clever microsociologist, inspired by Erving Goffman, by fashion magazines, and by kittenish and cougarish women. He is the voice of the annoyed, the vexed, the fearful, and the comforted." Contemporary Sociology “Freedom and autonomy have their glories and their miseries. Jean-Claude Kaufmann has composed a thoroughly researched inventory ... Read more