How to Be Childless

A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children

Rachel Chrastil (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

244 Seiten

2019
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-091862-0 (ISBN)

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In How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children, Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessness, putting this often-overlooked legacy in conversation with the issues that childless women and men face in the twenty-first century. Eschewing two dominant narratives, that the childless are either barren and alone, or that they are carefree and selfish, How to Be Childless instead argues that the lives of childless individuals from the past can help all of us expand our range of possibilities for the good life.

In uncovering the voices and experiences of childless women from the past five hundred years, Chrastil demonstrates that the pathways to childlessness, so often simplified as "choice" and "circumstance," are far more complex and interweaving. Balanced, deeply researched, and richly realized, How to be Childless will empower readers, parents, and childless alike, to navigate their lives with purpose.

Rachel Chrastil is a historian of modern Europe, an award-winning teacher, and a Fulbright Scholar. Her first two books, Organizing for War: France 1870-1914 and The Siege of Strasbourg, examine civilian dilemmas in the face of war. She is Professor of History at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: How to Talk about Childlessness

Chapter 1: Delay

Chapter 2: Whispers

Chapter 3: Interlude: The Baby Boom

Chapter 4: Shouts

Chapter 5: Flourishing

Chapter 6: Regret

Chapter 7: Home and Hearth

Chapter 8: A Better World

Chapter 9: Old and Alone

Chapter 10: Legacy

Notes

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2019
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 236 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schwangerschaft / Geburt
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-091862-4 / 0190918624
ISBN-13	978-0-19-091862-0 / 9780190918620
Zustand	Neuware