A Table for One A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time

• Main Author: Lahad, Kinneret (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2017
• Subjects: Sociology: family & relationships; Sociology; Gender; women; sociology; family; relationships; marriage; parenting; single parenting; Bachelorette; Heteronormativity; Social norm
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A Table for One explores the links between female singlehood and social time, juxtaposing two theoretical fields that are rarely linked: the social study of time and the study of singlehood. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book paves the way for a new theorisation of singlehood which will put it at the fore of deconstructive critical thinking and on the feminist agenda. Although the rise in the number of single-women households has sparked a new wave of singlehood scholarship, the concept remains relatively under-theorised and under-incorporated into social and feminist research, and critical studies in general. Drawing on a wide variety of cultural resources - including web columns, blogs, expert advice columns, popular cliches, advertisements and references from television episodes - this book sketches the meaning-making processes of singlehood and time in Israel.