Voluntary and involuntary childlessness : the joys of otherhood? / / edited by Natalie Sappleton

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, UK : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , [2018]; ©2018
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 pages)
• Disciplina: 649.1
• Soggetto topico: Childlessness; Parenting; Family & Relationships / Parenting - General; Sociology: family & relationships
• Persona (resp. second.): SappletonNatalie
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: The Joys of Otherhood? -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Childlessness through a Feminist Lens -- Childlessness and Feminism -- This Volume -- Section 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness -- Section 2: Structure, Agency and Childlessness -- Section 3: Intersectional Perspectives on Childlessness -- Section 4: Lived Experiences of Childlessness -- Section 5: National Perspectives on Childlessness -- References -- Section I Theoretical Perspectives on Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness -- Chapter 1 From Deviant Choice to Feminist Issue: An Historical Analysis of Scholarship on Voluntary Childlessness (1920-2013) -- Introduction -- Voluntary Childlessness as a Topic of Enquiry -- Methodology -- The Politics of Location: When, and by Whom Was Research Produced? -- The Politics of Research Practices: Type, Method, Theory and Sample -- The Politics of Representation: What Topics Have Been of Interest? -- Conclusion -- References -- bm_978-1-78754-361-420181002_nonid4 -- Articles Analysed for Systematic Literature Review -- Chapter 2 What Is It Like Being Involuntarily Childless? Searching for Ways of Understanding from a Psychological Perspective -- Introduction -- Involuntary Childlessness -- Psychological Distress: Medical Consequences of Infertility -- Depression and Distress -- Desire and Regret -- Childlessness: Life-span Perspectives -- Long-term Impact of the Absence of Children -- Involuntary Childlessness: Psychosocial Perspectives -- Self and Identity -- Relationships -- Social Expectations -- Coping: Ways of Building Resilience -- Influences of Partner/Husband -- Coping and Social Connections -- Theoretical Perspectives on Coping -- Concluding Discussion. ; References -- Chapter 3 Wanting to Want: Constructing the Ambivalent Childless Self -- Introduction -- Wanting to Want -- Non-wholehearted Childlessness as Wanton-hood -- The Intelligibility of Choice -- The (Bad) Moral Luck of Pronatalism -- Moral Luck -- Pronatalism and the VC Woman -- Counterstories: Wholehearted, Half-hearted and Ambivalent -- References -- Further reading -- Section II Structure, Agency and Childlessness -- Chapter 4 Capital in Pronatalist Fields: Exploring the Influence of Economic, Social, Cultural and Symbolic Capital on Chil... -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Contributions to the Decision (Not) to Become a Parent -- Prevalence and Demographics -- Theoretical Orientation -- The Current Study -- Sample and Methods -- Variables and Measures -- Results -- Sample Characteristics -- Bivariate Results -- Multivariate Results -- Interaction Effects -- Discussion -- Childbearing Preferences and Capital -- Limitations/Future Research -- References -- Chapter 5 Social Inclusion, Connectedness and Support: Experiences of Women without Children in a Pronatalist Society -- Introduction -- Prevailing and Pervasive Pronatalism -- Stigma, Stereotyping and Social Exclusion -- Social Inclusion, Connectedness and Support -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 'Join the Club' or 'Don't Have Kids'? Exploring Contradictory Experiences, Pressures and Encouragement to Have Ch... -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Contributions to Childbearing Intentions -- Prevalence of Childlessness -- Experiences of Childlessness -- Theoretical and Methodological Considerations -- Methodology and Sample -- Findings -- 'Join the Club' versus 'Don't Have Kids' -- Wait… But Do Not Wait Too Long -- Work Hard, but Have a Family Too -- Discussion -- Childbearing Preferences in Social Fields -- Limitations/Future Research -- References. ; Section III Intersectional Perspectives on Childlessness -- Chapter 7 Are Loneliness and Regret the Inevitable Outcomes of Ageing and Childlessness? -- Introduction -- Terminology Adopted -- Methodology -- Intersectionality -- Reflexivity -- Data Collection -- Findings: Regret -- No Regrets -- Half Regrets -- Regret and Ageing -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Age Identity and Never-married Childless Older Women -- Introduction -- Older Age, Gender and Feminist Lenses -- Intersectionality -- Age Identity -- Cultural Narratives and Ageing -- Methods -- Data Analysis -- Analytic Strategy for the Master Study -- Analytic Strategy for the Subsample -- Results -- Ways of Knowing Age -- Accomplishments -- Current and Future Roles in through Work -- Discussion -- References -- Section IV Lived Experiences of Childlessness -- Chapter 9 The Intentionally Childless Marriage -- The Intentionally Childless Marriage -- Why Intentionally Childless Marriages Lack Societal Acceptance -- How Intentionally Childless Couples Make the Decision to Not Have Children -- The Nature of Intentionally Childless Couples' Lives -- Misperceptions and Stereotypes -- The Pressures to Have Children -- Relational Pressure -- Shame-driven Pressure -- Guilt-driven Pressure -- Invasive Pressure -- How Intentionally Childless Couples Can Address the Pressures -- Clarity of Mind -- A United Front -- Speak Up Sooner Rather than Later -- Seek Mutual Understanding -- Are Intentionally Childless Marriages Happier than Marriages with Children? -- The Road to Societal Acceptance -- From a Pronatalist to Post-pronatal Mindset -- Fostering Post-pronatal Mindsets -- The Intentionally Childless Marriage as a Feminist Act -- References -- Chapter 10 Finding 'Mr Right'? Childfree Women's Partner Preferences -- Introduction -- Interpretative Framework -- Previous Research. ; Theoretical Framework -- Methodological Framework -- Results and Analysis -- Partnership Preferences -- Ideal Living Arrangements -- Partner Ideals -- Timing Partnership Formation -- Navigating the Dating Scene -- Relationship Initiation Strategies -- Ambivalent Intimacy Goals -- Ambivalent and Undecided Partners -- Disbelief and Relationship Dissolution -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- Chapter 11 Understanding the Employment Experiences of Women with No Children -- Introduction -- Theoretical Context: Structures and Discourses of Gender Influencing the Employment Experiences of Women without Children -- Societal-level Configurations Influencing the Employment Experiences of Women without Children -- Organisational Contexts Influencing Employment Experiences -- Employment Experiences among Women without Children -- 'Benefits' of Conforming to the 'Ideal Worker' Stereotype: Employment Participation, Income, Occupational Status and Career... -- Mixed Consequences of Being 'Ideal Workers' and 'Deviant' Women: Discrimination and Stereotyping -- Negative Consequences of Being 'Ideal Workers' and 'Deviant' Women: Work-Life Balance and Access to Employment Benefits -- Negative Consequences of Being 'Deviant' Women: Workplace Social Interactions -- Individual Performances of Femininities without Children -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Gender Congruity, Childlessness and Success in Entrepreneurship: An Intersectional Bourdieusian Analysis -- Introduction -- Social Networks, Social Capital and Resource Acquisition -- Role Performance, Role Congruity, Parental Status and Workplace Outcomes -- Parental Status, Role Congruity and Entrepreneurship -- Conceptual Framework -- Methods -- Data Collection -- Data and Variables -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variables -- Control Variables -- Method of Analysis -- Analysis -- The Sample. ; Gender, Role Congruity and Parental Status -- Regression Analysis -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Section V National Perspectives on Childlessness -- Chapter 13 Is There Voluntary Childlessness At All in Hungary? -- Introduction -- Quantitative Analysis -- Methods -- Results -- Qualitative Analysis -- Voluntary Childlessness among Women -- Voluntary Childlessness among Men -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 14 Stigma and Childlessness in Historical and Contemporary Japan -- Introduction -- Family and Motherhood in Japan's Tokugawa Period (1603-1868) -- The Motherhood Imperative and the Political Economy of the Meiji Period (1868-1912) -- Taisho and Showa Eras: Economic Development, Childfree Stigma and Resistance -- Childfree Stigma and the Technological Imperative in Heisei Era Japan -- Reproductive Technologies Replace Adoption Alternatives -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 The Effects of Childcare Arrangements on Childlessness in Germany -- Introduction -- The Intersection of Childcare Arrangements and Childlessness -- Theoretical Framework -- Childcare Policies in Germany -- Actors in the Process -- Conclusion -- References -- Postscript: Moving Forward Towards a Feminist Understanding of 'Otherhood' -- Reflection on the Volume -- Five Dimensions for Future Research -- Social Locations and Inequalities -- Unsilencing and Unmasking the Invisible -- Reflexivity and Participatory Methods -- Intersectionality -- Individualised Experiences and Contextualised Knowledge -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Childlessness is not a new phenomenon, but empirical evidence from the demographic field has demonstrated that it is on the increase. Furthermore, childlessness has a number of consequences for both women and men, the communities in which they live, their psychic states, their social networks and the organisations in which they work. Bringing together research from a wide range of scholarly disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, sociology, gender studies, social work and social policy, and underpinned by a feminist ontology this edited collection of original chapters provides an insight into the current state of the art research on the drivers, determinants, manifestations and outcomes of childlessness. The collection is intended to be a key resource for scholars, students and policymakers addressing this issue in a wide range of disciplinary contexts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Voluntary and involuntary childlessness
• ISBN: 1-78754-361-7; 1-78754-363-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815130903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II