When Couples Become Parents: The Creation of Gender in the Transition to Parenthood - Couverture souple

Fox, Bonnie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802091849 ISBN 13 : 9780802091840

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bonnie Fox is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802091849
• ISBN 13: 9780802091840
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 334
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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