@article{ref1,
title="Living in precarity: ethnography of everyday struggles of single mothers in Lithuania",
journal="Sociologija",
year="2018",
author="Lapinske, Laura",
volume="60",
number="1",
pages="64-83",
abstract="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 &quot;easier&quot; 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>",
language="en",
issn="0038-0318",
doi="10.2298/SOC1801064L",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/SOC1801064L"
}