ISBN:
9780415812702
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (299 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals
Parallel Title:
Print version Having To: The World of One Parent Families
DDC:
306.8/56/0941
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
〈P〉First published in 1985, 〈I〉Having To 〈/I〉summarises the situation of more than a million parents in the UK alone that survive as single parents. This thought-provoking book is based on interviews with more than 200 women and men of all ages and backgrounds.〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: Cages; - The unnatural family?; - It doesn't matter what you do, it's wrong; - The living dead; - I'll still be only 32 when the kid's grown up; Part One: Influences; 2. Violence; - I don't know why I kept going back; - A terrible blackness; - Even a bad husband is better than no husband; 3. Infidelity; - Mummy, why is daddy sleeping with Kathleen?; - Q. Have you finally come to your senses? A. I've just left them; - Goodbye to Jane; 4. Abandoned Women
Description / Table of Contents:
- Once bitten ...?- A case of having to; - He never says Natasha, always 'my Natasha'; 5. Transformations; - Personal things; - Born again; - On quicksand; - Breaking the pattern; 6. Schoolgirl Mothers; - Experiences with my father; - Miss World; - I didn't think of all the consequences; Summary of Part One; Part Two: Consequences; 7. Positive Dimensions; - I've never thought that a father was necessarily an important part of the family; - Marriage, a little jailhouse; - Still fighting; 8. Poverty and Isolation; - Deeper and deeper; - Down to 91p; - A bag of fungus; - Crying; 9. Children
Description / Table of Contents:
- A handful- Rentboy; - She's uncontrollable; 10. Men Alone; - You must have some guts; - Boys cry; - Nothing like being a mother; Summary of Part Two; 11. Conclusion: Captive Freedom; - On the margins; - Liberated but caught; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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