Single by chance or by choice? The social meanings of singlehood and narratives of choice among unpartnered adults in Israel

L Bear, S Offer - Journal of Family Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Researchers have proposed various explanations for the increase in singlehood in post-
industrialized countries, but the questions of how singles interpret their singlehood and what …

The haunting of shame: Autoethnography and the multivalent stigma of being queer, Muslim, and single

A Javaid - Symbolic interaction, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sociology has neglected the terrain of the gay Muslim single as a sociological phenomenon.
Produced and managed via meaningful social conduct, the gay Muslim single often holds …

'A stark and lonely death': Representations of dying alone in popular culture 1

G Caswell - Death in contemporary popular culture, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The belief that no one should die alone is a collective social understanding in the United
Kingdom. This is not a new belief, and representations of it can be found in varied historical …

Loneliness in World History

K Barclay - 2025 - taylorfrancis.com
This book takes a thematic approach to questions of how to define emotion and loneliness,
breaking down loneliness into a range of different dimensions–estrangement, longing …

Narrating the gender order: Why do older single women in Russia say that they do not want to be in relationships with men?

A Shadrina - Gender and Choice after Socialism, 2018 - Springer
Taking into account men's premature mortality and high divorce rates, many older women in
Russia are likely to be widows or divorced. What does it mean for women to grow older …

청년의고독생과고독사: 언론보도와학술연구에관한비정형빅데이터분석중심

김현옥, 김소형, 박해선 - 비판사회정책, 2024 - dbpia.co.kr
본 연구는 청년 고독생과 고독사를 중심으로 청년의 고독 현상에 대한 언론보도와
학술연구라는 두 개의 빅데이터를 통하여 핵심어들의 연결성을 파악하고, 주제어들의 …

Singlehood and Valentine's Day: A Study of Discursive Representations and Emotions in the Media

S Sharma - Singular Selves, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
In recent years, there has been an upsurge in the writings and visuals on singlehood in the
Indian media, whereby the media constructs multiple images of singles, often providing …

Arbetsplatsbrist och ensamhet.

R Friberg von Sydow - Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, 2021 - diva-portal.org
Nummer 80 Tryckår 2021 Sidintervall 80–94 Artikelns namn Arbetsplatsbrist och ensamhet.
Författare Rikard Friberg von Sydow Abstract: Denna essä undersöker arbete och ensamhet …

[PDF][PDF] Experiencing Meaning in Life as Thirty-Something Single Filipinas through Caring for Self and for Others

SEN Mendez - researchgate.net
The Philippines is a collectivist and marriage-promoting culture that also values one's
shared identity with others. We wanted to find out how single women in their thirties …

How Do People Know That They Should Not Die Alone?

G Caswell - Dying Alone: Challenging Assumptions, 2022 - Springer
There is a pervasive and enduring cultural script which informs people that they should
accompany those about whom they care when they are dying. This chapter considers that …