When couples become parents : the creation of gender in the transition to parenthood /

Fox, Bonnie, 1948-

When couples become parents : the creation of gender in the transition to parenthood / Bonnie Fox. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Giving birth : the dynamics of support and agency -- Becoming parents : the challenges of the postpartum period -- Becoming mothers, making fathers : negotiations in the economy of care -- Taking care of the baby : reproducing gender differences and divisions? -- Home making and making family -- Being mothers, being fathers : the costs of privatized responsibility for children -- A new life and changed relationships -- Conclusion.



9781442697072


Parenthood.
Sex role.
Parenthood--Social aspects.
Sexual division of labor.
Fatherhood.
Motherhood.
Families.


Electronic Books.

HQ755 / .W446 2009