Modern marriage and its cost to women
Subtitle: a sociological look at marriage in France
By: François de Singly, translated from the French by Malcom Bailey.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Newark
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Marriage -- Economic aspects -- France.; Wives -- France -- Economic conditions.; Women in the professions -- France.
Description: Modern Marriage and Its Cost to Women examines the price women have to pay for marriage, socially and culturally. Its basic premise reunites feminist theory and the work of Pierre Bourdieu, and it is supported by data from the numerous quantitative and qualitative studies that have been carried out in France.

Rejecting a separation of family studies and gender studies, Francois de Singly offers a systematic framework to explain how the manner in which the contemporary family functions penalizes women by preventing them from defending properly their social interests and their academic capital.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.