When Couples Become Parents : : The Creation of Gender in the Transition to Parenthood / / Bonnie Fox.
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 chal...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
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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