Rachel Chrastil

How to Be Childless (eBook, PDF)

A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190918637
• Artikelnr.: 57214884

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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