02706oam 22006254a 450 991082839330332120240516130621.00-8147-4346-30-8147-4379-X10.18574/nyu/9780814743799(CKB)2670000000155542(EBL)866169(OCoLC)779828456(SSID)ssj0000607707(PQKBManifestationID)11376560(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607707(PQKBWorkID)10585550(PQKB)11092719(OCoLC)794701141(MdBmJHUP)muse10718(MiAaPQ)EBC866169(DE-B1597)548499(DE-B1597)9780814743799(EXLCZ)99267000000015554220051003h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSingle mother the emergence of the domestic intellectual /Jane Juffer1st ed.New York ;London :New York University Press,[2006]©20061 online resourceDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-4280-7 0-8147-4279-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Representing the single mom (and watching TV with Alex) -- The corporate university -- The U.S.-Mexican border -- Puerto Rican Chicago -- Mothers and sons -- Choice -- Conclusion -- From identity politics to human rights.Long perceived as the ultimate symbol of social breakdown and sexual irresponsibility, the single mother is now, in the context of welfare-to-work policies, often hailed as the new spokesperson for hard work and self-sufficiency. A dozen years after Dan Quayle denounced the television character Murphy Brown for making the decision to become a single mother "just another lifestyle choice," President George W. Bush applauded single mothers for "heroic work," and positive on-screen representations of single mothers abound, from The Gilmore Girls to Sex and the City to American Idol .Single mothersUnited StatesSingle mothersUnited StatesPublic opinionSingle mothersGovernment policyUnited StatesSingle mothersSingle mothersPublic opinion.Single mothersGovernment policy306.874/320973Juffer Jane1962-1647154MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910828393303321Single mother3994578UNINA