Parenthood between generations : transforming reproductive cultures / edited by Siân Pooley and Kaveri Qureshi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pooley, Siân, editor.

Qureshi, Kaveri, editor.

Series:

Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 32.

Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parenthood.

Families.

Intergenerational relations.

Physical Description:

vi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.

Summary:

Recent literature has identified modern 'parenting' as an expert-led practice - one which begins with pre-pregnancy decisions, entails distinct types of intimate relationships, places intense burdens on mothers, and increasingly on fathers too. Exploring within diverse historical and global contexts how men and women make - and breaking - of relations between generations when becoming parents, this volume brings together innovative qualitative research by anthropologists, historians and sociologists. The chapters focus tightly on inter-generational transmission and demonstrate its importance for understanding how people become parents and rear children. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Between Future Families and Families of Origin: Talking about Gay Parenthood across Generations / Robert Praiat Praiat, Robert 43

Chapter 2 The Politics of Fertility and Generation in Buganda, East Africa, 1860-1980 / Shane Doyle Doyle, Shane 65

Chapter 3 Changing Mothering Practices and Intergenerational Relations in Contemporary Urban China / Michala Hvidt Breengaard Breengaard, Michala Hvidt 91

Chapter 4 Intergenerational Negotiations of Non-marital Pregnancies in Contemporary Japan / Ekaterina Hertog Hertog, Ekaterina 114

Chapter 5 Grandfathers, Grandmothers and the Inheritance of Parenthood in England, c. 1850-1914 / Stan Pooky Pooky, Stan 135

Chapter 6 First-time Parenthood among Migrant Pakistanis: Gender and Generation in the Postpartum Period / Kaveri Qureshi Qureshi, Kaveri 160

Chapter 7 Intergenerational Mythscapes and Infant Care in Northwestern Amazonia / Elizabeth Rahman Rahman, Elizabeth 181

Chapter 8 Generational Change and Continuity among British Mothers: The Sharing of Beliefs, Knowledge and Practices c. 1940-1990 / Angela Davis Davis, Angela 207

Chapter 9 'I Feel My Dad Every Moment!': Memory, Emotion and Embodiment in British South Asian Fathering Practices / Punita Chowbey Chowbey, Punita, Sarah Salway Salway, Sarah 229

Chapter 10 Becoming Papa: Kinship, Senescence and the Ambivalent Inward Journeys of Ageing Men in the Antilles / Adorn Philogene Heron Heron, Adorn Philogene 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781785331503

1785331507

OCLC:

934278068