| Description |
viii, 225 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Destandardisation of Household Formation -- 2. Domesticity, Household Formation and Youth Research -- 3. Risk, Individualisation and the Single Life -- 4. Living in and Leaving the Parental Home -- 5. Student Housing and Households -- 6. Shared Housing, Grown-up Style -- 7. Solo Living: Who Wants to Live Alone? -- 8. Friends and Family -- 9. Negotiating Current and Future Partnerships -- 10. Redefining Home? -- 11. Conclusion: Twenty-something and Household Change -- App. 1. The Young Adults and Shared Household Living Project -- App. 2. Household Profiles |
| Summary |
"From Bridget Jones' Diary through to Friends and The Secret Life of Us, the single young adult is a subject of fascination in contemporary culture. Envied and disapproved of in equal measures by older generations, twenty-somethings have become potent icons of social change. Set against the backdrop of the ongoing destandardisation of household formation, this ground-breaking book explores the context of these changing patterns. Drawing together a wealth of research from Europe, North America and Australia, alongside new evidence from a study of non-students living in shared households, the authors argue that contemporary young adults - with graduates in the vanguard of change - are questioning the relative attractiveness of different domestic arrangements during their twenties and, as a consequence, are redefining the boundaries between youth and adulthood."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Young adults -- Social conditions.
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Single people.
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Households.
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| Author |
Cleaver, Elizabeth.
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| LC no. |
2003053602 |
| ISBN |
1403901244 (hardback) |
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