Abstract
Summary Since the recent financial crisis in 2007/2008, indebtedness again has come into the focus of historical research. This article explores the impact of an intersectional gender perspective on debt historiography. By employing the term Schuldendifferenz (debts difference) the author points out the diverse conditions that debts impose on different people in contemporary US American society. After integrating this concept into the theoretical framework of the research field, the paper focuses on two topics: the federal nutrition program for impoverished mothers implemented in the 1970s and the media coverage of the 1980s on so-called deadbeat dads, that is fathers who were in arrears on child support obligations. Inequalities and differences are examined from an intersectional perspective focusing on gender, race and class.
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