Singlehood, Waiting, and the Sociology of Time

Sociological Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-186

  Lahad, Kinneret ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family; Liminality; Singlehood; Social time; Uncertainty; Waiting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856644215     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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