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Glass ceilings and 100-hour couples : what the opt-out phenomenon can teach us about work and family / Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.Description: xiv, 215 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780820331546 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0820331546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780820334042 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0820334049 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Glass ceilings & 100-hour couples [Cover title]
  • Glass ceilings and one hundred-hour couples
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 650.1 22
LOC classification:
  • HD4904.25 .M635 2010
Contents:
Numbers too big to ignore -- Why opting out is an everywoman issue -- The 100-hour couple -- Glass ceilings and maternal walls -- Second shift redux -- Child care dilemmas -- Mama time -- The hectic household -- The professionalization of at-home motherhood -- Financial costs -- Negotiating without a paycheck -- Reigniting the career -- Creative strategies for making work "work" -- Coming of age in America.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Numbers too big to ignore -- Why opting out is an everywoman issue -- The 100-hour couple -- Glass ceilings and maternal walls -- Second shift redux -- Child care dilemmas -- Mama time -- The hectic household -- The professionalization of at-home motherhood -- Financial costs -- Negotiating without a paycheck -- Reigniting the career -- Creative strategies for making work "work" -- Coming of age in America.

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