When Couples Become Parents : : The Creation of Gender in the Transition to Parenthood / / Bonnie Fox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Fox, Bonnie,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (334 p.)

When couples make the journey through their first year of parenthood they confront the challenges of their new responsibilities with varying degrees of support and a range of personal resources. When Couples Become Parents examines the ways in which divisions based on gender both evolve and are challenged by heterosexual couples from late pregnancy through early parenthood.Following the experiences of forty heterosexual couples in various socio-economic positions, Bonnie Fox traces the intricate interplay of social and material resources in the negotiations that occur between partners, the resulting divisions of paid and unpaid work in their families, and the dynamics in their relationships. Exploring the diverse reactions of these women and men, When Couples Become Parents provides significant insights into the early stages of parenthood, the limitations of nuclear families, and the gender inequalities that often develop with parenthood.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Giving Birth: The Dynamics of Support and Agency -- 3. Becoming Parents: The Challenges of the Postpartum Period -- 4. Becoming Mothers, Making Fathers: Negotiations in the Economy of Care -- 5. Taking Care of the Baby: Reproducing Gender Differences and Divisions? -- 6. Home Making and Making Family -- 7. Being Mothers, Being Fathers: The Costs of Privatized Responsibility for Children -- 8. A New Life and Changed Relationships -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Author Index -- Respondent Index -- Subject Index