Living in precarity: ethnography of everyday struggles of single mothers in Lithuania

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Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Living in precarity: ethnography of everyday struggles of single mothers in Lithuania
Authors:
Lapinske, Laura
In the Journal:
Sociologija (Beograd). 2018, 60, 1, p. 64-83
Subject Category:
LT
Etnografija / Ethnography; Šeima / Family.
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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Etnografija; Etnografinis; Netikrumas; Prekariums; Reprodukcinis darbas; Vieniša motinystė; Ethnography; Lithuania; Precarity; Reproductive labour; Single motherhood.

ENThis paper presents challenges and life strategies of highly educated single mothers in Lithuania. My ethnography traces the impact on strategies of remaining in a country where exit strategies – alcoholism, suicide, emigration – prevail and seem as an “easier” option. It is a study concerned with the relationship between precarity, single motherhood, social reproduction and everyday living. I focus on precarious living conditions, social isolation and stigmatization, unappreciated and highly gendered care-work. Based on collaborative ethnographic fieldwork material, the paper presents the micro-level attempts to negotiate what it means to be a lone care-taker, to revalorize and challenge the hegemonic narratives of individual strength and success. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.2298/SOC1801064L
ISSN:
0038-0318
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