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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.
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Healing the infertile family : strengthening your relationship in the search for parenthood / / Gay Becker [[electronic resource]]
