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Making Sense of Fatherhood: Gender, Caring and Work

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780511778186, 9780521519427, 9780521743013
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511778186
LCC
HQ756 .M54 2010
Google Books ID
AtJxD82WGUkC
Open Library ID
OL24412776M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1085422 bytes)
Pages
215\215
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

As family and work demands become more complex, who is left holding the baby? Tina Miller explores men's experiences of fatherhood and provides unique insights into paternal caring, changing masculinities and men's relations to paid work. She focuses on the narratives of a group of men as they first anticipate and then experience fatherhood for the first time. Her original, longitudinal research contributes to contemporary theories of gender against a backdrop of societal and policy change. The men's journeys into fatherhood are both similar and varied, and they illuminate just how deeply gender permeates individual lives, everyday practices and societal assumptions around caring for young children.

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