Analysing American Advice Books for Single Mothers Raising Sons: Essentialism, Culture and Guilt

by Berit Åström

Although single fathers as primary carers are on the rise, most single-parent households in the United States are headed by women. These women are a lucrative market for parenting books and most of such books are aimed at single mothers raising sons. This intersectional study analyses a broad range of material: books written by female and male authors, African-American and white, health professionals as well as lay people, outspokenly feminist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785278886
• ISBN13: 9781785278884
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"