TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Living in precarity: ethnography of everyday struggles of single mothers in Lithuania
JO  - Sociologija
A1  - Lapinske, Laura
SP  - 64
EP  - 83
VL  - 60
IS  - 1
N2  - This 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-0318
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/SOC1801064L
ID  - ref1
ER  -