When Couples Become Parents
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When Couples Become Parents

The Creation of Gender in the Transition to Parenthood

  1. 334 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

When Couples Become Parents

The Creation of Gender in the Transition to Parenthood

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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.

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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781442697515
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Marriage & Family Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

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