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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781178203321

Autore

Moe Karine S

Titolo

Glass ceilings and 100-hour couples [[electronic resource] ] : what the opt-out phenomenon can teach us about work and family / / Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-55314-3

9786612553141

0-8203-3608-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShandyDianna J

Disciplina

650.1

Soggetti

Work and family - United States

Working mothers - United States

Stay-at-home mothers - United States

Women - Employment - United States

Dual-career families - United States

Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Numbers too big to ignore -- Why opting out is an everywoman issue -- The 100-hour couple -- Glass ceilings and maternal walls -- Second shift redux -- Child care dilemmas -- Mama time -- The hectic household -- The professionalization of at-home motherhood -- Financial costs -- Negotiating without a paycheck -- Reigniting the career -- Creative strategies for making work "work" -- Coming of age in America.