Citation

Huret R. Revue Francaise d'Etudes Americaines 2018; 155(2): 62-73.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018)

DOI

10.3917/rfea.155.0062

PMID

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Abstract

This paper places unmarried people into the mainstream of American history. It looks at the cultural construct of singlehood as a threat for the future of the American people during the Progressive Era. This fear of singlehood was based upon intellectual exchanges between Europe and the United States, and established a correlation between marital status and suicide. It is no coincidence that advocates of the " race suicide theory" targeted unmarried people, not only in their discourse, but also in the social practices they implemented. © Belin. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.

Language: fr