The divorced woman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2357409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Seabrook |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-94 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Race & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3968 • E-ISSN: 1741-3125 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306396815581788 |
| OpenAlex | W2462437755 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In this personal memoir, the author returns to the dissolution of his mother's marriage with an abusive husband, and the impact it had upon her life in a working-class town in 1950s Britain. The divorced woman was subject to social humiliation, while the failed relationship marked her out for suspicion among other women in the community, and the unwelcome advances of their husbands. The article reflects on the nature of the welfare state as a means of enabling women to break from social strictures by providing them with the security to make personal choices beyond established conventions and practices
Humiliation · Memoir · Political science · Politics · Social security · Sociology · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Welfare · Welfare state · Working class · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |