Making sense of parenthood caring, gender and family lives

Following on from Making Sense of Motherhood (2005) and Making Sense of Fatherhood (2010), Tina Miller's book focuses on transitions to first-time parenthood and the unfolding experiences of managing caring and paid work in modern family lives. Returning to her original participants, it collect...

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1. Verfasser: Miller, Tina (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:Following on from Making Sense of Motherhood (2005) and Making Sense of Fatherhood (2010), Tina Miller's book focuses on transitions to first-time parenthood and the unfolding experiences of managing caring and paid work in modern family lives. Returning to her original participants, it collects later episodes of their experience of 'doing' family life, and meticulously examines mothers' and fathers' accounts of negotiating intensified parenting responsibilities and work-place demands. It explores questions of why gender equality and equity are harder to manage within the home sphere when organising caring and associated responsibilities, re-addressing the concept of 'maternal gatekeeping' and offering insights into a new concept of 'paternal gatekeeping'. The findings presented will inform both scholarly work and policy on family lives, gender equality and work
Beschreibung:viii, 187 Seiten
ISBN:9781107504288
978-1-107-50428-8
9781107104136
978-1-107-10413-6