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Book Detail
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A table for one:
A critical reading of singlehood, gender and time
Lahad, Kinneret
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Publisher: Oxford University Press Status: Out of Stock at the Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press Affiliation: Tel-Aviv University Audience: Professional and scholarly Quantity On Hand: 0, Reprint Pending
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Synopsis:
Table for one: A critical reading of singlehood, gender and time is the first book to consider the profound relationship between singlehood and time. Drawing on a wide range of cultural resources - including web columns, blogs, advice columns, popular clichés, advertisements and references
from television and cinema, the author challenges the conventional meaning-making processes of singlehood and time. Lahad's analysis gives us the opportunity to explore and theorize singlehood through varied temporal concepts such as waiting, wasting, timeout, age, the life course, linearity and
commodification of time. This unique analytical approach enables the fresh consideration of some of our dominant perceptions about collective clocks, schedules, time tables and the temporal organization of social life in general. In this connection, the book lays the ground for a rich, multilayered
politicized analysis of solo living and temporality and intends to be a mile stone in both singlehood and time studies.
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