Opting Out
by Joanna Davidson (Editor, Contribution by)Dinah Hannaford (Editor, Contribution by)Julia Pauli (Contribution by)Jacqueline Solway (Contribution by)Sarah Lamb (Contribution by)Laura C. Nelson (Contribution by)Kimberly Walters (Contribution by)Melanie A. Medeiros (Contribution by)Carla Freeman (Contribution by)Akiko Takeyama (Contribution by)Brady G'Sell (Contribution by)Carla Jones (Contribution by)
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ISBN13: 9781978830134
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Women around the world are opting out of marriage. Through nuanced ethnographic accounts of the ways that women are moving the needle on marital norms and practices, Opting Out reveals the conditions that make this widespread phenomenon possible in places where marriage has long been obligatory. Each chapter invites readers into the lives of particular women and the changing circumstances in which these lives unfold - sometimes painfully, sometimes humorously, and always unexpectedly. Taken together, the essays in this volume prompt the following questions: Why is marriage so consistently disappointing for women? When the rewards of economic stability and the social status that marriage confers are troubled, does marriage offer women anything compelling at all? Across diverse geographic contexts in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this book offers sensitive and powerful portrayals of women as they escape or reshape marriage into a more rewarding arrangement.
| ISBN-13 | 9781978830134 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1978830130 |
| List Price | $250.00 |
| Format | - |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 259 pages |
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| Published On | 2022-11-11 |
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