Living Alone: Globalization, Identity and Belonging

by Roona Simpson, Lynn Jamieson, Lynn M. Jamieson

Book Overview

In Northern Europe almost half of households consist of one person. Rates of living alone are lower in the Global South but the trend is still on the increase. Prevalent first among the elderly, living alone then becomes common at ages associated with partners and children. Fears about the end of family and community combine with stereotypes, the 'sad and lonely' or 'selfish singles', in popular depictions. This groundbreaking and highly original...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230271928
• ISBN13: 9780230271920
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.9"