From Traditional to Companionate Marriages: Women's changing expereince of divorce

dc.contributor.authorMoore, Elena
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T09:46:00Z
dc.date.available2016-04-28T09:46:00Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-04-28T09:23:51Z
dc.description.abstractDominant macro social theories on changing personal relationships have tended to place little emphasis on the significance of difference across individuals. This article makes a contribution to this field, drawing on data from 19 qualitative interviews with a group of middle-class divorcing women in Ireland. This research has uncovered a cohort effect in women's experience of marriage and divorce and points to a striking polarisation of women's experience of marriage and divorce in Ireland. Findings from the Ireland-wide trends on changing family practices and the case studies demonstrate that younger women, who were better educated and higher income earners, perceived separation as a form of 'liberation'. On the other hand, the older cohort of divorcees, who were less well educated and dependent spouses during the marriage, felt that they were actively abandoned and did not negotiate the ending of their marriage.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204674312X656275
dc.identifier.apacitationMoore, E. (2012). From Traditional to Companionate Marriages: Women's changing expereince of divorce. <i>Families,Relationships and Societies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19271en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMoore, Elena "From Traditional to Companionate Marriages: Women's changing expereince of divorce." <i>Families,Relationships and Societies</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19271en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMoore, E. (2012). From traditional to companionate marriages: women's changing experience of marriage and divorce in Ireland. Families, Relationships and Societies, 1(3), 345-360. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204674312X656275en_ZA
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 2046-7443
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Moore, Elena AB - Dominant macro social theories on changing personal relationships have tended to place little emphasis on the significance of difference across individuals. This article makes a contribution to this field, drawing on data from 19 qualitative interviews with a group of middle-class divorcing women in Ireland. This research has uncovered a cohort effect in women's experience of marriage and divorce and points to a striking polarisation of women's experience of marriage and divorce in Ireland. Findings from the Ireland-wide trends on changing family practices and the case studies demonstrate that younger women, who were better educated and higher income earners, perceived separation as a form of 'liberation'. On the other hand, the older cohort of divorcees, who were less well educated and dependent spouses during the marriage, felt that they were actively abandoned and did not negotiate the ending of their marriage. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Families,Relationships and Societies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 SM - ISSN: 2046-7443 T1 - From Traditional to Companionate Marriages: Women's changing expereince of divorce TI - From Traditional to Companionate Marriages: Women's changing expereince of divorce UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19271 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19271
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMoore E. From Traditional to Companionate Marriages: Women's changing expereince of divorce. Families,Relationships and Societies. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19271.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherPolicy Pressen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceFamilies,Relationships and Societiesen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/frs
dc.subject.otheragency
dc.subject.otherdemocratisation
dc.subject.otherdivorce
dc.subject.otherindividualisation
dc.subject.othermarital breakdown
dc.titleFrom Traditional to Companionate Marriages: Women's changing expereince of divorceen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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