Moe, Karine S.

Glass ceilings and 100-hour couples : what the opt-out phenomenon can teach us about work and family / Glass ceilings & 100-hour couples Glass ceilings and one hundred-hour couples Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010. - xiv, 215 p. ; 22 cm.

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.

9780820331546 (cloth : alk. paper) 0820331546 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780820334042 (cloth : alk. paper) 0820334049 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Work and family--United States.
Working mothers--United States.
Stay-at-home mothers--United States.
Women--Employment--United States.
Dual-career families--United States.
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)--United States.

HD4904.25 / .M635 2010

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