Voluntarily Childfree - Identity and Kinship in the United States

In Voluntarily Childfree, Shelly Volsche examines why people choose to remain childfree and what it means to make a life worth living. As the first anthropological study of the childfree, this book is for readers who want to understand those who view parenthood as a choice.

List of contents

Chapter One: Who are the childfree?
Chapter Two: Is being childfree a gendered choice?
Chapter Three: What is the childfree conversation?
Chapter Four: Are the childfree selfish?
Chapter Five: How do the childfree practice "family"?
Chapter Six: How do the childfree define "the good life"?
Chapter Seven: What is the future of the childfree?

About the author

Shelly Volsche is lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Boise State University.

Summary

In Voluntarily Childfree, Shelly Volsche examines why people choose to remain childfree and what it means to make a life worth living. As the first anthropological study of the childfree, this book is for readers who want to understand those who view parenthood as a choice.

Product details

• Authors: Shelly Volsche
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781793602473
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-247-3
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Anthropology of Kinship and the Family; Anthropology of Kinship and th
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology