May Vanessa
University of Manchester.
Womens Hist Rev. 2011;20(1):127-43. doi: 10.1080/09612025.2011.536395.
Through written life stories of lone mothers, this article examines changes in lone motherhood in twentieth-century Finland. While the older life-story writers' narratives are clearly influenced by an 'ethos of survival' and the regulation of female sexuality, the younger writers relate their experiences with the help of scripts on gender equality and the psychological importance of 'good' parenting. These narrative shifts point to important changes in cultural scripts on women's positions in families, on the labour market, and in society.
通过单身母亲的书面生活故事，本文探讨了20世纪芬兰单身母亲情况的变化。虽然老一辈生活故事作者的叙述明显受到“生存精神”和对女性性行为规范的影响，但年轻作者借助关于性别平等以及“良好”育儿心理重要性的脚本讲述她们的经历。这些叙事转变表明了关于女性在家庭、劳动力市场和社会中地位的文化脚本的重要变化。
