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Waithood : Gender, Education, and Global Delays in Marriage and Childbearing / ed. by Marcia C. Inhorn, Nancy J. Smith-Hefner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 47Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781789209006
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  • HQ799.5 .W335 2021
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. WAITHOOD. GENDER, EDUCATION, AND GLOBAL DELAYS IN MARRIAGE AND CHILDBEARING -- Part I WAITHOOD, STATEHOOD, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY -- Chapter 1. YOUTH, ECONOMICS, AND THE POLITICS OF WAITHOOD. THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Chapter 2 “TRUSTING IS A DICEY AFFAIR” MUSLIM YOUTH, GENDER RELATIONS, AND FUTURE-MAKING IN SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA -- Chapter 3 WAITING AT THE FADA. YOUNG MEN, “TEA CIRCLES,” AND DELAYED ADULTHOOD IN NIGER -- Chapter 4 EMERGENT WAITHOOD. INSTITUTIONS AND MARRIAGE DELAYS AMONG MAYAN WOMEN IN GUATEMALA -- Part II GENDER, EDUCATION, AND THE ASPIRATION FOR AUTONOMY -- Chapter 5 Active Waithood. Youthmen, Fatherhood, and Men’s Educational Aspirations in Sierra Leone -- Chapter 6 “GIVING ONESELF TIME” MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD IN URBAN RWANDA -- Chapter 7 TACTICS OF MARRIAGE DELAY IN CHINA EDUCATION, RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION, AND “LEFTOVER WOMEN” -- Chapter 8 TOO EDUCATED TO MARRY? MUSLIM WOMEN AND EXTENDED SINGLEHOOD IN INDONESIA -- Part III DELAYED MARRIAGE AND THE MEANINGS OF SINGLEHOOD -- Chapter 9 CONJUGAL CONUNDRUMS CONVERSION AND MARRIAGE DELAY IN THE CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN -- Chapter 10 BETWEEN CYNICISM AND IDEALISM VOLUNTARY WAITHOOD IN IRAN -- Chapter 11 REFUSING TO SETTLE MIGRATION AMONG SINGLE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN JORDAN -- Chapter 12 NEVER-MARRIED WOMEN IN INDIA GENDERED LIFE COURSES, DESIRES, AND IDENTITIES IN FLUX -- Part IV DELAYED CHILDBEARING AND THE QUEST FOR MOTHERHOOD -- Chapter 13 BLAMED FOR DELAY FRENCH NORMS AND PRACTICES OF ART IN THE CONTEXT OF INCREASING AGE-RELATED FEMALE INFERTILITY -- Chapter 14 WAITING TOO LONG TO MOTHER INVOLUNTARY CHILDLESSNESS AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY SPAIN -- Chapter 15 THE EGG FREEZING REVOLUTION? GENDER, EDUCATION, AND REPRODUCTIVE WAITHOOD IN THE UNITED STATES -- Conclusion WAITHOOD IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- INDEX
Summary: The concept of “Waithood” was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and marry. The contributors to this volume employ the waithood concept as a frame for richly detailed ethnographic studies of “youth in waiting” from a variety of world areas, including the Middle East Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S, revealing that whether voluntary or involuntary, the phenomenon of youth waithood necessitates a recognition of new gender and family roles.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. WAITHOOD. GENDER, EDUCATION, AND GLOBAL DELAYS IN MARRIAGE AND CHILDBEARING -- Part I WAITHOOD, STATEHOOD, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY -- Chapter 1. YOUTH, ECONOMICS, AND THE POLITICS OF WAITHOOD. THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Chapter 2 “TRUSTING IS A DICEY AFFAIR” MUSLIM YOUTH, GENDER RELATIONS, AND FUTURE-MAKING IN SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA -- Chapter 3 WAITING AT THE FADA. YOUNG MEN, “TEA CIRCLES,” AND DELAYED ADULTHOOD IN NIGER -- Chapter 4 EMERGENT WAITHOOD. INSTITUTIONS AND MARRIAGE DELAYS AMONG MAYAN WOMEN IN GUATEMALA -- Part II GENDER, EDUCATION, AND THE ASPIRATION FOR AUTONOMY -- Chapter 5 Active Waithood. Youthmen, Fatherhood, and Men’s Educational Aspirations in Sierra Leone -- Chapter 6 “GIVING ONESELF TIME” MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD IN URBAN RWANDA -- Chapter 7 TACTICS OF MARRIAGE DELAY IN CHINA EDUCATION, RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION, AND “LEFTOVER WOMEN” -- Chapter 8 TOO EDUCATED TO MARRY? MUSLIM WOMEN AND EXTENDED SINGLEHOOD IN INDONESIA -- Part III DELAYED MARRIAGE AND THE MEANINGS OF SINGLEHOOD -- Chapter 9 CONJUGAL CONUNDRUMS CONVERSION AND MARRIAGE DELAY IN THE CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN -- Chapter 10 BETWEEN CYNICISM AND IDEALISM VOLUNTARY WAITHOOD IN IRAN -- Chapter 11 REFUSING TO SETTLE MIGRATION AMONG SINGLE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN JORDAN -- Chapter 12 NEVER-MARRIED WOMEN IN INDIA GENDERED LIFE COURSES, DESIRES, AND IDENTITIES IN FLUX -- Part IV DELAYED CHILDBEARING AND THE QUEST FOR MOTHERHOOD -- Chapter 13 BLAMED FOR DELAY FRENCH NORMS AND PRACTICES OF ART IN THE CONTEXT OF INCREASING AGE-RELATED FEMALE INFERTILITY -- Chapter 14 WAITING TOO LONG TO MOTHER INVOLUNTARY CHILDLESSNESS AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY SPAIN -- Chapter 15 THE EGG FREEZING REVOLUTION? GENDER, EDUCATION, AND REPRODUCTIVE WAITHOOD IN THE UNITED STATES -- Conclusion WAITHOOD IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- INDEX

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The concept of “Waithood” was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and marry. The contributors to this volume employ the waithood concept as a frame for richly detailed ethnographic studies of “youth in waiting” from a variety of world areas, including the Middle East Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S, revealing that whether voluntary or involuntary, the phenomenon of youth waithood necessitates a recognition of new gender and family roles.

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