Waithood: Gender, Education, and Global Delays in Marriage and Childbearing

by Marcia C. Inhorn

Book Overview

The concept of "Waithood" was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and marry. The contributors to this volume employ the waithood concept as a frame for richly detailed ethnographic studies of "youth in waiting" from a variety of world areas, including the Middle East Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800736290
• ISBN13: 9781800736290
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"