Not a single meaning: Definition and evolution of singlehood in France and the United States
| Autor: | Bergström, Marie, Brée, Sandra |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut national d'études démographiques (INED), GENRE (LARHRA GENRE ), LAboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes - UMR5190 (LARHRA), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), POPP. Projet d’Océrisation des Recensements de la Population Parisienne (1926-1946) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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REVIEWS_ARTICLE
[SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology SOCIAL_NORMS Etats-Unis Singlehood Célibat Histoire de vie [SHS.DEMO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Demography LIFE_COURSE United States Life Course LIFE_STYLES Théorie UNITED_STATES Theory France CELIBACY [SHS.GENRE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Gender studies [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History SINGLE_PERSONS |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Theory & Review Journal of Family Theory & Review, 2023, ⟨10.1111/jftr.12519⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1756-2570 |
| Popis: | International audience; Singlehood appears to be an understudied topic in the social sciences, and a particularly diverse field of research. Focusing on the United States and France, this article reviews existing literature to answer three questions that are prerequisites for theorizing singlehood (1) What is singlehood? We first discuss the diversity of terms used in ordinary language to designate singles, and the different statistical measures that coexist in the scholarly literature. (2) Who and how many are single? We show that different definitions lead to different counts of the single population and discuss the driving forces behind the rise in singlehood. (3) What is new? Drawing on literature on the couple norm and the single lifestyle, we then turn to the question of the specificity of the contemporary era. In the last section, we discuss the implications for theorizing singlehood. The answers to all three questions lead us to promote a life course approach to singlehood. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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