03526nam 2200745 a 450 991081897730332120200520144314.00-19-988449-80-19-774338-20-19-534140-61-280-84537-61-4294-5920-40-19-803991-310.1093/oso/9780195341409.001.0001(CKB)2560000000301355(EBL)430936(OCoLC)609831611(SSID)ssj0000246255(PQKBManifestationID)11227041(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246255(PQKBWorkID)10180436(PQKB)10784789(StDuBDS)EDZ0000082812(Au-PeEL)EBL430936(CaPaEBR)ebr10177864(CaONFJC)MIL84537(OCoLC)1406783508(StDuBDS)9780197743386(MiAaPQ)EBC430936(EXLCZ)99256000000030135520060111d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSingle by chance, mothers by choice how women are choosing parenthood without marriage and creating the new American family /Rosanna Hertz1st ed.New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (294 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineFormerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2008.0-19-517990-0 0-19-994411-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-264) and index.Contents; Prologue; Introduction; Part I: The Big Decision; 1 "Why Can't I Have What I Want?"; 2 Liminality and the Courage to Change: Making the Decision to Become a Single Mother; 3 Moving On: When Baby Makes Two; Part II: After Baby, Now What?; Introduction: "Where Do We Fit?"; 4 The Father As an Idea; 5 Romance, Intimacy, and Pregnancy: Father Involvement Outside of Marriage; 6 Adoption and Fitting In ; Conclusion: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Circumstances; Part III: Composing a Family; Introduction: Recycling and Reconstituting Families; 7 What Does Single Mean?8 Downshifting Careers While Financing Motherhood: Relying on the Gift-Giver, the Roommate, and the Careworker9 A World Without Men, Amen?; Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Be a Good Mother?; Conclusion: Projecting Single Mothers into the Future; Epilogue: Completing Families, Completing Lives; Appendix 1: Demographic Appendix: Featured Women; Appendix 2: Methods and Sampling; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZDrawing on in-depth personal interviews, Hertz follows individual women as they make the psychological break with traditional expectations and identify specific paths to motherhood. These routes include using known and anonymous donors, adoption, and chancing pregnancy.Oxford scholarship online.FamiliesUnited StatesSingle mothersUnited StatesMiddle class womenUnited StatesFamiliesSingle mothersMiddle class women306.874/3208622Hertz Rosanna895058MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818977303321Single by chance, mothers by choice4004665UNINA