Kitchen-table society : a case study of the family life and friendship of young working-class mothers in urban Norway
Omtale
Its aim is to contribute to the current debate by providing a detailed account of how a small group of young mothers occupy themselves in everyday life. Through two years of anthropological fieldwork in the suburbs of Bergen, Norway's second largest city, the author has listened carefully to the conversation of female friends around their kitchen-tables. She examines how the lives of these young women are shaped and what dignity and self-respect means to them. On the basis of this information the author discusses a whole range of topics.
Betegnelse: The author gives a detailed account of how a small number of young women with small children occupy themselves in everyday life and what dignity women's conversations as just chatting, confidences and gossip, Gullestad analyzes them as philosophical moral discussion of right and wrong. With bibliography.
Produktinformasjon
- ISBN/Varenr: 9788215001036
- EAN: 82-15-00103-3
- Utgivelsesår: 2001
- Forlag: Universitetsforlaget
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- Personer: Gullestad, Marianne
- Litteraturtype: Faglitteratur
- Emne: Arbeiderkvinner, sosiologi, Familien
- Omfang/format: 369 s.
- Målgruppe: Voksne
- Aldersgrense: 0
- Opplag: 1
- Utgave: 2
- Illustrert: Ja
- Sider: 369