Single mothers "do" family

被引:90
作者
Nelson, Margaret K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Middlebury Coll, Dept Sociol, Middlebury, VT 05753 USA
关键词
marriage and close relationships; postdivorce parenting; qualitative research; rural/farm families; single-parent families;
D O I
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00292.x
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 [公共管理学];
摘要
This paper explores how single mothers both incorporate others into family life (e.g., when they ask others to care for their children) and simultaneously "do families" in a manner that holds out a vision of a "traditional" family structure. Drawing on research with White, rural single mothers, the author explores the manner in which these women both endorse their children's attachment to other caregivers and maintain boundaries around issues of discipline and attachment vis-a-vis these others. The author demonstrates that single mothers are willing to share this protected realm of family life with a new man (a fiance or cohabiting boyfriend) as they pursue the goal of what has been called the "Standard North American Family."
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页码:781 / 795
页数:15
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